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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | qui | Et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | λέγει | he says | λεγει | | | autem | ait | he says | ܠܗ | he says | λέγει | he says | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | ommutuit | illi | to him; | ܚܒܪܝ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | ||||||
| — | ἑταῖρε, | Friend, | — | | | amice | Amice | Friend, | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Friend, | Ἑταῖρε | Friend, | ||||||
| — | πῶς | how | πως | | | quomodo | quomodo | how | ܥܠܬ | how | πῶς | how | ||||||
| — | εἰσῆλθες | did you enter | — | | | uenisti | huc | did you enter | ܠܟܐ | did you enter | εἰσῆλθες | did you enter | ||||||
| — | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | ho | intrasti | here | ܟܕ | here | ὧδε | here | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܢܚܬܐ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| — | ἔχων | having | εχων | | | habens | habens | having | ܕܡܫܬܘܬܐ | having | ἔχων | having | ||||||
| — | ἔνδυμα | garment | ενδυμα | | | uestem | vestem | garment | ܠܝܬ | garment | ἔνδυμα | garment | ||||||
| — | γάμου; | of wedding? | γαμου | | | nuptialem | nuptialem | of wedding? | ܠܟ | of wedding? | γάμου | of wedding? | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐφιμώθη. | he was speechless. | εφειμωθη | | | ommutuit | obmutuit | he was speechless. | ܐܫܬܬܩ | he was speechless. | ἐφιμώθη | he was speechless. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||