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 | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | ἤρξατο | he began | ηρξατο | | | — | cœpit | he began | ܫܪܝ | he began | ἤρξατο | he began | ||||||
| — | καταθεματίζειν | to curse | καταθεματιζειν | | | — | detestari | to curse | ܠܡܚܪܡܘ | to curse | καταθεματίζειν | to curse | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܘܠܡܐܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὀμνύειν | to swear | ομνυειν | | | — | jurare | to swear | ܕܠܐ | to swear | ὀμνύειν | to swear | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | quia | that | ܝܕܥܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | — | non | Not | — | — | Οὐκ | Not | ||||||
| — | οἶδα | I know | οιδα | | | — | novisset | I know | ܠܗ | I know | οἶδα | I know | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπον. | man! | ανθρωπον | | | — | hominem | man! | ܠܓܒܪܐ | man! | ἄνθρωπον | man! | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | — | Et | And | ܘܒܗ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | εὐθέως | immediately | ευθεως | | | — | continuo | immediately | ܒܫܥܬܐ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | ||||||
| — | ἀλέκτωρ | a rooster | αλεκτωρ | | | — | gallus | a rooster | ܩܪܐ | a rooster | ἀλέκτωρ | a rooster | ||||||
| — | ἐφώνησεν. | crowed. | εφωνησεν | | | — | cantavit | crowed. | ܬܪܢܓܠܐ | crowed. | ἐφώνησεν | crowed. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||