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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܩܡ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
στασP45 | having stopped | στὰς | having stopped | στας | | | stans | stetit | having stopped | — | — | στὰς | having stopped | |||||
οP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | et | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
εφωνησενP45 | called | ἐφώνησεν | called | εφωνησεν | | | uocauit | et vocavit | called | ܘܩܪܐ | called | ἐφώνησεν | called | |||||
αὐτοὺςP45 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτούς | them | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | dixit | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
εἶπεν·P45 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | uobis | ait | said; | ܘܐܡܪ | said; | εἶπεν | said; | |||||
τίP45 | What | τί | What | τι | | | quid | Quid | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | |||||
θέλετεP45 | do you desire | θέλετε | do you desire | — | | | uultis | vultis | do you desire | ܨܒܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ | do you desire | θέλετε | do you desire | |||||
ποιήσωP45 | I may do | ποιήσω | I may do | ποιησω | | | ut | ut faciam | I may do | ܕܐܥܒܕ | I may do | ποιήσω | I may do | |||||
ὑμῖν;P45 | unto you? | ὑμῖν; | unto you? | ϋμειν | | | faciam | vobis | unto you? | ܠܟܘܢ | unto you? | ὑμῖν | unto you? | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 21:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||