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 | ||||||
| — | προσηνέχθησαν | were brought | προσηνεχθησαν | | | oblati | oblati sunt | were brought | ܩܪܒܘ | were brought | προσηνέχθη | were brought | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | sunt | ei | to him | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | παιδία | little children | παιδια | | | ei | parvuli | little children | ܠܗ | little children | παιδία | little children | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | pueri | ut | that | ܛܠܝܐ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | — | | | inponeret | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | χεῖρας | hands | — | | | ut | manus | hands | ܕܢܤܝܡ | hands | χεῖρας | hands | ||||||
| — | ἐπιθῇ | He may lay | επιθη | | | manus | imponeret | he might lay | — | — | ἐπιθῇ | He may lay | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | on them | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | on them | ܐܝܕܗ | on them | αὐτοῖς | on them | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | conminati | et | and | ܥܠܝܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | προσεύξηται· | He may pray; | — | | | et | oraret | pray | ܘܢܨܠܐ | He may pray; | προσεύξηται | He may pray; | ||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | oraret | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | Discipuli | the disciples | — | — | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | ||||||
| — | ἐπετίμησαν | rebuked | επετειμησαν | | | autem | increpabant | rebuked | ܒܗܘܢ | rebuked | ἐπετίμησαν | rebuked | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς. | them. | αυτοις | | | eis | eos | them | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | them. | αὐτοῖς | them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 19:17 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||