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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܒܫܦܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | λίαν | very | — | | | oriente | valde | very | ܕܝܢ | very | λίαν | very | ||||||
| — | πρωῒ | early | — | | | mane | mane | early | ܒܚܕ | early | πρωῒ | early | ||||||
| — | τῇ | on the | — | | | sole | sole | on the | — | — | τῆς | on the | ||||||
| — | μιᾷ | first day | — | | | una | una | first day | ܒܫܒܐ | first day | μιᾶς | first day | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | σαββάτων | of the | ||||||
| — | σαββάτων | week | — | | | sabbati | sabbatorum | week | ܐܬܝ | week | ἔρχονται | week | ||||||
| — | ἔρχονται | they come | ερχονται | | | ueniunt | veniunt | they come | ܠܒܝܬ | they come | ἐπὶ | they come | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | ad | ad | to | ܩܒܘܪܐ | to | τὸ | to | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | μνημεῖον | the | ||||||
| — | μνημεῖον | tomb | μνημιον | | | monumentum | monumentum | tomb | ܟܕ | tomb | ἀνατείλαντος | tomb | ||||||
| — | ἀνατείλαντος | when was arising | — | | | — | orto | when was arising | ܕܢܚ | when was arising | τοῦ | when was arising | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡλίου | the | ||||||
| — | ἡλίου. | sun. | ηλιου | | | — | jam | sun. | ܫܡܫܐ | sun. | ἡλίου. | sun. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||