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 | ܘܐܝܬܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἠνέχθη | was brought | ηνεχθη | | | adlatum | allatum est | was brought | — | — | ἠνέχθη | was brought | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | est | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλὴ | head | κεφαλη | | | caput | caput | head | ܪܫܗ | head | κεφαλὴ | head | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | his | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | — | in | on | ܒܦܝܢܟܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | πίνακι | a platter | — | | | disco | disco | a platter | — | — | πίνακι | a platter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܬܝܗܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐδόθη | was given | — | | | datum | datum est | was given | — | — | ἐδόθη | was given | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | est | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| — | κορασίῳ, | girl, | — | | | puellae | puellæ | to the girl | ܠܛܠܝܬܐ | girl, | κορασίῳ | girl, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἤνεγκεν | she brought it | ηνεγκεν | | | adtulit | attulit | she brought it | ܘܐܝܬܝܬܗ | she brought it | ἤνεγκεν | she brought it | ||||||
| — | τῇ | to the | τη | | | suae | — | — | — | — | τῇ | to the | ||||||
| — | μητρὶ | mother | μητρι | | | matri | matri | to her mother | — | — | μητρὶ | mother | ||||||
| — | αὐτῆς.¶ | of her. | αυτης | | | supra | suæ | her | ܠܐܡܗ | of her. | αὐτῆς | of her. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||