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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | Those | οι | | | transeuntes | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | Those | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | — | Prætereuntes | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | παραπορευόμενοι | passing by | παραπορευομενοι | | | autem | autem | passing by | ܕܥܒܪܝܢ | passing by | παραπορευόμενοι | passing by | ||||||
| — | ἐβλασφήμουν | were denigrating | εβλασφημουν | | | blasphemabant | blasphemabant | were denigrating | ܗܘܘ | were denigrating | ἐβλασφήμουν | were denigrating | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܡܓܕܦܝܢ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | ||||||
| — | κινοῦντες | wagging | κεινουντες | | | mouentes | moventes | wagging | ܗܘܘ | wagging | κινοῦντες | wagging | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλὰς | heads | — | | | capud | capita | heads | ܘܡܢܝܕܝܢ | heads | κεφαλὰς | heads | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | suum | sua | of them | ܪܫܝܗܘܢ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||