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 | ܘܐܡܪܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔλεγον | they were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | dicebant | they were saying | ܗܘܝ | they were saying | ἔλεγον | they were saying | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | among | προς | | | ad | ad | among | ܒܢܦܫܗܝܢ | among | πρὸς | among | ||||||
| — | ἑαυτάς· | themselves; | — | | | inuicem | invicem | themselves; | ܡܢ | themselves; | ἑαυτάς | themselves; | ||||||
| — | τίς | Who | — | | | quis | Quis | Who | ܕܝܢ | Who | Τίς | Who | ||||||
| — | ἀποκυλίσει | will roll away | — | | | reuoluit | revolvet | will roll away | ܥܓܠ | will roll away | ἀποκυλίσει | will roll away | ||||||
| — | ἡμῖν | for us | — | | | nobis | nobis | for us | ܠܢ | for us | ἡμῖν | for us | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | erat | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | λίθον | stone | λιθον | | | lapidem | lapidem | stone | ܟܐܦܐ | stone | λίθον | stone | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | from | — | | | ab | ab | from | ܡܢ | from | ἐκ | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | enim | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | θύρας | door | θυρας | | | osteo | ostio | door | ܬܪܥܐ | door | θύρας | door | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | μνημείου; | tomb? | μνημιου | | | monumenti | monumenti | tomb? | ܕܒܝܬ | tomb? | μνημείου | tomb? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||