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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἐξερχόμενοι | Going forth | εξερχομενοι | | | exeuntes | Exeuntes | Going forth | ܘܟܕ | Going forth | Ἐξερχόμενοι | Going forth | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | εὗρον | they found | ευρον | | | inuenerunt | invenerunt | they found | ܐܫܟܚܘ | they found | εὗρον | they found | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπον | a man | ανθρωπον | | | hominem | hominem | a man | — | — | ἄνθρωπον | a man | ||||||
| — | Κυρηναῖον | of Cyrene | κυρηναιον | | | cyreneum | Cyrenæum | of Cyrene | ܓܒܪܐ | of Cyrene | Κυρηναῖον | of Cyrene | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματι | named | — | | | nomine | nomine | named | ܩܘܪܝܢܝܐ | named | ὀνόματι | named | ||||||
| — | Σίμωνα· | Simon; | — | | | simonem | Simonem | Simon; | ܕܫܡܗ | Simon; | Σίμωνα | Simon; | ||||||
| — | τοῦτον | Him | — | | | hunc | hunc | Him | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Him | τοῦτον | Him | ||||||
| — | ἠγγάρευσαν | they compelled | — | | | angariauerunt | angariaverunt | they compelled | ܠܗܢܐ | they compelled | ἠγγάρευσαν | they compelled | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | — | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | ἄρῃ | he may carry | — | | | tolleret | tolleret | he may carry | ܫܚܪܘ | he may carry | ἄρῃ | he may carry | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | obuiam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | σταυρὸν | cross | — | | | crucem | crucem | cross | ܕܢܫܩܘܠ | cross | σταυρὸν | cross | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ.¶ | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܙܩܝܦܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||