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 | ||||||||||||
καὶP44 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܩܪܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
προσῆλθενP44 | he came | προσῆλθεν | he came | προσηλθεν | | | accessit | accessit | he came | ܠܘܬܗܘܢ | he came | προσελθὼν | he came | |||||
ὁP44 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
Ἰησοῦς,P44 | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦς, | Jesus, | — | | | et | Jesus | Jesus | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus, | |||||
καὶP44 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | tetigit | et | and | ܝܫܘܥ | and | ἥψατο | and | |||||
ἁψάμενοςP44 | having touched | ἁψάμενος | having touched | — | | | eos | tetigit | touched | ܘܩܪܒ | having touched | αὐτῶν | having touched | |||||
αὐτῶνP44 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | dixit | eos | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | καὶ | them | |||||
εἶπεν·P44 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | — | | | et | dixitque eis | and said to them | ܘܐܡܪ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | |||||
ἐγέρθητεP44 | do rise up | ἐγέρθητε | do rise up | — | | | surgite | Surgite | do rise up | — | — | Ἐγέρθητε | do rise up | |||||
καὶP44 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܩܘܡܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μὴP44 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | nolite | nolite | not | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
φοβεῖσθε.P44 | do be afraid. | φοβεῖσθε. | do be afraid. | — | | | timere | timere | do be afraid. | ܬܕܚܠܘܢ | do be afraid. | φοβεῖσθε | do be afraid. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||