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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | ܥܢܐ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | — | ait | He said | ܘܐܡܪ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | — | | | dixit | illis | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | ὀψίας | Evening | οψειας | | | factum | vespere | evening | ܡܐ | Evening | Ὀψίας | Evening | ||||||
| — | γενομένης | having come | γενομενης | | | serenum | facto | having come | ܕܗܘܐ | having come | γενομένης | having come | ||||||
| — | λέγετε· | you say; | — | | | dicitis | dicitis | you say; | ܪܡܫܐ | you say; | λέγετε | you say; | ||||||
| — | εὐδία, | Fair weather, | ευδεια | | | sero | Serenum erit | fair weather it will be | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Fair weather, | Εὐδία | Fair weather, | ||||||
| — | πυρράζει | is red | πυρραζει | | | caelum | rubicundum est | is red | ܐܢܬܘܢ | is red | πυρράζει | is red | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | rubicundum | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανός. | sky. | ουρανος | | | enim | caelum | sky | ܤܡܩܬ | sky. | οὐρανός | sky. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||