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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ····· | — | ο | | | dextris | dextris | <the> | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | μεν | | | et | Et | Indeed | ܝܫܘܥ | Indeed | μὲν | Indeed | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | ουν | | | dns | Dominus | therefore | ܕܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | quidem | quidem | the Lord | ܡܪܢ | the Lord | κύριος | the Lord | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | caelum | Jesus | Jesus | — | — | μετὰ | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | μετα | | | postquam | postquam | after | ܡܢ | after | τὸ | after | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | το | | | — | Dei | <the> | — | — | λαλῆσαι | <the> | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | locutus | locutus | speaking | ܒܬܪ | speaking | αὐτοῖς | speaking | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | αυτοις | | | est | est | to them | ܕܡܠܠ | to them | ἀνελήφθη | to them | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | eis | eis | was taken up | ܥܡܗܘܢ | was taken up | εἰς | was taken up | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εις | | | assumptus | assumptus | into | ܠܫܡܝܐ | into | τὸν | into | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὐρανόν | the | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | ουρανον | | | est | est | heaven | ܤܠܩ | heaven | καὶ | heaven | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | και | | | in | in | and | — | — | ἐκάθισεν | and | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εκαθισεν | | | — | cælum | sat | ܘܝܬܒ | sat | ἐκ | sat | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | et | et | at the | ܡܢ | at the | δεξιῶν | at the | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | δεξιων | | | sedit | sedet | right hand | ܝܡܝܢܐ | right hand | τοῦ | right hand | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | του | | | di | — | — | — | — | θεοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | θυ | | | a | a | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ. | of God. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||