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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ····· | — | μετα | | | post | Post | After | ܒܬܪ | After | Μετὰ | After | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | δε | | | haec | hæc | now | ܗܠܝܢ | now | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | ταυτα | | | autem | autem | these things | — | — | ταῦτα | these things | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | δυσιν | | | duobus | duobus | to two | ܐܬܚܙܝ | to two | δυσὶν | to two | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | ܠܬܪܝܢ | of | ἐξ | of | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | αυτων | | | eis | his | them | ܡܢܗܘܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | περιπατουσιν | | | ambulantibus | ambulantibus | walking | — | — | περιπατοῦσιν | walking | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εφανερωθη | | | ostensus | ostensus | He appeared | ܒܕܡܘܬܐ | He appeared | ἐφανερώθη | He appeared | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εν | | | est | est | in | ܐܚܪܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | ετερα | | | in | in | another | ܟܕ | another | ἑτέρᾳ | another | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | μορφη | | | alia | alia | form | ܡܗܠܟܝܢ | form | μορφῇ | form | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | πορευομενοις | | | effigie | effigie | going | — | — | πορευομένοις | going | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εις | | | euntibus | euntibus | into | ܘܐܙܠܝܢ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | αγρον | | | in | in | the country. | ܠܩܪܝܬܐ | the country. | ἀγρόν | the country. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||