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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | — | — | μαθητῶν | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him, | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him, | αὐτοῦ | of Him, | ||||||
| — | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | — | | | andreas | Andreas | Andrew | ܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | Andrew | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸς | brother | αδελφος | | | frater | frater | brother | ܐܚܘܗܝ | brother | ἀδελφὸς | brother | ||||||
σιμωνοσP28 · P66 · P75 | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | σιμωνος | | | simonis | Simonis | of Simon | ܕܫܡܥܘܢ | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | |||||
πετρουP28 · P66 · P75 | Peter; | Πέτρου· | Peter; | πετρου | | | petri | Petri | Peter; | ܟܐܦܐ | Peter; | Πέτρου | Peter; | |||||
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