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 | | | et | Et | And | ܘܥܢܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | — | — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | πᾶς | all | πας | | | omnis | universus | all | ܟܠܗ | all | πᾶς | all | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | λαὸς | people | λαος | | | populus | populus | people | ܥܡܐ | people | λαὸς | people | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said; | — | — | εἶπεν | said; | ||||||
| — | τὸ | The | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | Τὸ | The | ||||||
| — | αἷμα | blood | αιμα | | | sanguis | Sanguis | blood | ܘܐܡܪܘ | blood | αἷμα | blood | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | — | ejus | of Him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | ἐφ᾽ | be on | εφ | | | super | super | be on | ܕܡܗ | be on | ἐφ’ | be on | ||||||
| — | ἡμᾶς | us | ημας | | | nos | nos | us | — | — | ἡμᾶς | us | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | ܘܥܠ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | huius | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | τέκνα | children | τεκνα | | | filios | filios | children | — | — | τέκνα | children | ||||||
| — | ἡμῶν. | of us. | ημων | | | nostros | nostros | of us. | ܒܢܝܢ | of us. | ἡμῶν | of us. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||