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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἰδόντες | Having seen | ειδοντες | | | uidentes | Videntes | Having seen | ܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδόντες | Having seen | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | hominibus | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλοι | crowds | οχλοι | | | turbae | turbæ | crowds | ܕܝܢ | crowds | ὄχλοι | crowds | ||||||
| — | ἐφοβήθησαν | revered | εφοβηθησαν | | | timuerunt | timuerunt | revered | ܟܢܫܐ | revered | ἐθαύμασαν | revered | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܢܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐδόξασαν | glorified | εδοξασαν | | | glorificauerunt | glorificaverunt | glorified | ܕܚܠܘ | glorified | ἐδόξασαν | glorified | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | dm | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεὸν | God | θν | | | — | Deum | God | ܘܫܒܚܘ | God | θεόν | God | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the One | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | ||||||
| — | δόντα | having given | δοντα | | | qui | dedit | gave | ܠܐܠܗܐ | having given | δόντα | having given | ||||||
| — | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | dedit | potestatem | authority | ܕܝܗܒ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | ||||||
| — | τοιαύτην | such | τοιαυτην | | | potestatem | talem | such | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | such | τοιαύτην | such | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώποις.¶ | to men. | ανθρωποις | | | talem | hominibus | to men | ܕܐܝܟ | to men. | ἀνθρώποις | to men. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||