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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἤγαγον | they brought | — | | | et | Et | they brought | ܘܐܝܬܝܘ | they brought | ἤγαγον | they brought | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | sedebat | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | ὄνον | donkey | — | | | adduxerunt | adduxerunt | donkey | ܠܚܡܪܐ | donkey | ὄνον | donkey | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | asinam | asinam | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | super | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πῶλον | colt | — | | | et | et | colt | ܘܠܥܝܠܐ | colt | πῶλον | colt | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | pullum | pullum | and | ܘܤܡܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπέθηκαν | put | — | | | et | et | put | — | — | ἐπέθηκαν | put | ||||||
| — | ἐπ᾽ | upon | — | | | — | imposuerunt | upon | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπάνω | upon | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | superposuerunt | super | them | ܥܝܠܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱμάτια | cloaks | — | | | super | eos | cloaks | — | — | ἱμάτια | cloaks | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν, | of them | — | | | uestimenta | vestimenta | of them | ܢܚܬܝܗܘܢ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | sua | and | ܘܪܟܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπεκάθισεν | He sat | — | | | et | et | He sat | — | — | ἐπεκάθισεν | He sat | ||||||
| — | ἐπάνω | on | επανω | | | eum | eum | on | ܥܠܘܗܝ | on | ἐπάνω | on | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν. | them. | — | | | eum | desuper | them. | ܝܫܘܥ | them. | αὐτῶν | them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 21:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||