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 | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | παραλαμβάνει | takes | παραλαμβανει | | | suscepit | assumpsit | takes | — | — | παραλαμβάνει | takes | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܕܒܪܗ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | διάβολος | devil | διαβολος | | | diabolus | diabolus | devil | ܐܟܠܩܪܨܐ | devil | διάβολος | devil | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | — | — | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | ἁγίαν | holy | αγιαν | | | sanctam | sanctam | holy | ܠܡܕܝܢܬ | holy | ἁγίαν | holy | ||||||
| — | πόλιν | city | πολιν | | | ciuitatem | civitatem | city | ܩܘܕܫܐ | city | πόλιν | city | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔστησεν | set | εστησεν | | | statuit | statuit | set | ܘܐܩܝܡܗ | set | ἵστησιν | set | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܥܠ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | supra | super | upon | — | — | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | πτερύγιον | pinnacle | πτερυγιον | | | pinnam | pinnaculum | pinnacle | ܟܢܦܐ | pinnacle | πτερύγιον | pinnacle | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἱεροῦ | temple | ϊερου | | | templi | templi | temple | ܕܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱεροῦ | temple | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 4:11 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||