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 | ܘܩܪܒܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | προσελθόντες | having come | προσελθοντες | | | accedentes | accedentes | having come | — | — | προσελθόντες | having come | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | renuntiauerunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | his | ܫܩܠܘ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | ἦραν | took | ηραν | | | tulerunt | tulerunt | took | — | — | ἦραν | took | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | πτῶμα | body | πτωμα | | | corpus | corpus ejus | his body | ܫܠܕܗ | body | σῶμα | body | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | eius | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔθαψαν | buried | εθαψαν | | | et | sepelierunt | buried | ܩܒܪܘ | buried | ἔθαψαν | buried | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν, | it, | αυτο | | | sepelierunt | illud | it | — | — | αὐτό | it, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | illud | et | and | ܘܐܬܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐλθόντες | having come | ελθοντες | | | et | venientes | coming | ܚܘܝܘ | having come | ἐλθόντες | having come | ||||||
| — | ἀπήγγειλαν | they told | απηγγειλαν | | | uenientes | nuntiaverunt | reported | — | — | ἀπήγγειλαν | they told | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦ.¶ | Jesus. | ιηυ | | | ihu | Jesu | to Jesus | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||