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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἰδὼν | Having seen | ϊδων | | | uidens | Videns | Having seen | ܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδὼν | Having seen | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | discipuli | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλους | crowds | οχλους | | | eo | Jesus | crowds | ܕܝܢ | crowds | ὄχλους | crowds | ||||||
| — | ἀνέβη | He went up | ανεβη | | | turbas | turbas | He went up | ܝܫܘܥ | He went up | ἀνέβη | He went up | ||||||
| — | εἰς | on | εις | | | ascendit | ascendit | on | ܠܟܢܫܐ | on | εἰς | on | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | eius | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄρος, | mountain, | ορος | | | in | in | mountain, | ܤܠܩ | mountain, | ὄρος | mountain, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | montem | montem | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | καθίσαντος | when was sitting down | καθισαντος | | | et | et | when was sitting down | ܠܛܘܪܐ | when was sitting down | καθίσαντος | when was sitting down | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | He | αυτου | | | — | cum | He | ܘܟܕ | He | αὐτοῦ | He | ||||||
| — | προσῆλθαν | they came | — | | | sedente | sedisset | they came | ܝܬܒ | they came | προσῆλθον | they came | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | accesserunt | accesserunt | to Him | ܩܪܒܘ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | ad | ad | disciples | ܠܘܬܗ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eum | eum | of Him. | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 5:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||