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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | η | | | quae | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | a | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | And | ||||||
| — | προβιβασθεῖσα | having been urged on | προβιβασθεισα | | | — | præmonita | having been instructed | ܕܝܢ | having been urged on | προβιβασθεῖσα | having been urged on | ||||||
| — | ὑπὸ | by | ϋπο | | | autem | a | by | ܡܛܠ | by | ὑπὸ | by | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | μητρὸς | mother | μητρος | | | matre | matre | mother | ܕܡܠܦܐ | mother | μητρὸς | mother | ||||||
| — | αὐτῆς· | of her; | αυτης | | | sua | sua | her | ܗܘܬ | of her; | αὐτῆς | of her; | ||||||
| — | δός | do give | δος | | | da | Da | give | ܠܐܡܗ | do give | Δός | do give | ||||||
| — | μοι | to me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | me | ܐܡܪܬ | to me | μοι | to me | ||||||
| — | φησὶν | she says | — | | | docta | inquit | she said | ܗܒ | she says | φησίν | she says | ||||||
| — | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | hic | hic | here | ܠܝ | here | ὧδε | here | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | — | | | — | in | on | ܗܪܟܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | πίνακι | a platter | — | | | dixit | disco | a platter | ܒܦܝܢܟܐ | a platter | πίνακι | a platter | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλὴν | head | κεφαλην | | | caput | caput | head | ܪܫܗ | head | κεφαλὴν | head | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννου | of John | ϊωαννου | | | — | Joannis | of John | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | of John | Ἰωάννου | of John | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | iohannis | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | βαπτιστοῦ. | Baptist. | βαπτιστου | | | baptistae | Baptistæ | the Baptist | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | Baptist. | βαπτιστοῦ | Baptist. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||