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 | ܘܐܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | synphoniacos | cum | having come | — | — | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ueniens | venisset | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | ihs | Jesus | into | ܠܒܝܬܗ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | οἰκίαν | house | οικειαν | | | in | in | house | — | — | οἰκίαν | house | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | multitudinem | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἄρχοντος | ruler | αρχοντος | | | domum | domum | ruler | ܕܐܪܟܘܢܐ | ruler | ἄρχοντος | ruler | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | principis | principis | and | ܘܚܙܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἰδὼν | having seen | ϊδων | | | et | et | having seen | — | — | ἰδὼν | having seen | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | αὐλητὰς | flute players | αυλητας | | | uidens | vidisset | flute players | ܙܡܪܐ | flute players | αὐλητὰς | flute players | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | tibicines | and | ܘܟܢܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | se | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλον | crowd | οχλον | | | et | et | crowd | — | — | ὄχλον | crowd | ||||||
| — | θορυβούμενον | making a commotion | θορυβουμενον | | | turbantem | turbam | making a commotion | ܕܡܫܬܓܫܝܢ | making a commotion | θορυβούμενον | making a commotion | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||