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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | διεστείλατο | he ordered | — | | | comminatus | præcepit | he ordered | — | — | διεστείλατο | he ordered | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταῖς | disciples | μαθηταις | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܦܩܕ | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | est | suis | of him | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | μηδενὶ | to no one | μηδενι | | | nemini | nemini | to no one | ܕܠܐܢܫ | to no one | μηδενὶ | to no one | ||||||
| — | εἴπωσιν | they may say | ειπωσιν | | | dicerent | dicerent | they may say | ܠܐ | they may say | εἴπωσιν | they may say | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | αὐτός | He himself | — | | | hic | ipse | He himself | ܢܐܡܪܘܢ | He himself | αὐτός | He himself | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | — | esset | is | ܕܗܘܝܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | χριστός.¶ | Christ. | — | | | xps | Christus | Christ. | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ. | χριστός | Christ. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||