The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
| — | ἦν | There was | ην | | | erat | Erat | There was | ܘܐܝܬ | There was | Ἦν | There was | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | λεγόμενος | being named | λεγομενος | | | dicebatur | dicebatur | being named | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | being named | λεγόμενος | being named | ||||||
| — | Βαραββᾶς | Barabbas | βαραββας | | | barabbas | Barrabas | Barabbas | ܒܪ | Barabbas | Βαραββᾶς | Barabbas | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | qui | qui | with | ܐܒܐ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | στασιαστῶν | rebels | στασιαστων | | | seditiosis | seditiosis | rebels | ܗܘܐ | rebels | συστασιαστῶν | rebels | ||||||
| — | δεδεμένος | bound | δεδεμενος | | | erat | erat | bound | ܥܡ | bound | δεδεμένος | bound | ||||||
| — | οἵτινες | who | οιτινες | | | uinctus | vinctus | who | ܥܒܕܝ | who | οἵτινες | who | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | et | qui | in | ܐܤܛܤܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | in | in | the | ܗܢܘܢ | the | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | στάσει | insurrection | στασει | | | seditione | seditione | insurrection | ܕܩܛܠܐ | insurrection | στάσει | insurrection | ||||||
| — | φόνον | murder | — | | | fecerat | fecerat | murder | ܒܐܤܛܤܝܢ | murder | φόνον | murder | ||||||
| — | πεποιήκεισαν. | had committed. | πεποιηκεισαν | | | homicidium | homicidium | had committed. | ܥܒܕܘ | had committed. | πεποιήκεισαν | had committed. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||