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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Συνηγμένων | When were assembled | συνηγμενων | | | collectis | Congregatis | When were assembled | ܟܕ | When were assembled | Συνηγμένων | When were assembled | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | pharisaeis | pharisæis | Pharisees | ܕܝܢ | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτησεν | questioned | επηρωτησεν | | | interrogauit | interrogavit | questioned | ܦܪܝܫܐ | questioned | ἐπηρώτησεν | questioned | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܫܐܠ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܐܢܘܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||