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 | ܘܐܬܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐλθόντες | having come | ελθοντες | | | uenientes | venerunt | having come | — | — | ἐλθόντες | having come | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܕܘܟܬܐ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τόπον | a place | τοπον | | | locum | locum | a place | ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ | a place | τόπον | a place | ||||||
| — | λεγόμενον | being named | λεγομενον | | | qui | qui | being named | — | — | λεγόμενον | being named | ||||||
| — | Γολγοθᾶ, | Golgotha, | γολγοθα | | | dicitur | dicitur | Golgotha, | ܓܓܘܠܬܐ | Golgotha, | Γολγοθᾶ | Golgotha, | ||||||
| — | ὅ | which | ο | | | golgotha | — | — | — | — | ὅ | which | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | quod | quod | is | ܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | κρανίου | of a Skull | κρανιου | | | est | est | of a Skull | ܕܡܬܦܫܩܐ | of a Skull | λεγόμενος | of a Skull | ||||||
| — | τόπος | Place | τοπος | | | caluariae | Calvariæ | Place | — | — | Κρανίου | Place | ||||||
| — | λεγόμενος, | being named, | — | | | locus | locus | being named, | ܩܪܩܦܬܐ | being named, | Τόπος | being named, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||