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 | ||||||||||||
καιP141 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܝܘܤܦ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ηνP141 | were | ἦν | were | ην | | | erat | erat | were | ܕܝܢ | were | ἦν | were | |||||
οP141 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | de | — | — | — | — | Ἰωσὴφ | the | |||||
πηρP141 | father | πατὴρ | father | πατηρ | | | pater | pater | father | ܘܐܡܗ | father | καὶ | father | |||||
αυτουP141 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܬܡܝܗܝܢ | of Him | ἡ | of Him | |||||
καιP141 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܘ | and | μήτηρ | and | |||||
ηP141 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | in | — | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | the | |||||
μηρP141 | mother | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | — | — | θαυμάζοντες | mother | |||||
θαυμαζοντεσP141 | marveling | θαυμάζοντες | marveling | θαυμαζοντες | | | mirantes | mirantes | marveling | ܥܠ | marveling | ἐπὶ | marveling | |||||
επιP141 | at | ἐπὶ | at | επι | | | — | super | at | ܐܝܠܝܢ | at | τοῖς | at | |||||
τοισP141 | the things | τοῖς | the things | τοις | | | eo | — | — | — | — | λαλουμένοις | the things | |||||
λαλουμενοισP141 | being spoken | λαλουμένοις | being spoken | λαλουμενοις | | | his | his | being spoken | ܕܡܬܡܠܠܢ | being spoken | περὶ | being spoken | |||||
περιP141 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | quae | quæ | concerning | ܗܘܝ | concerning | αὐτοῦ | concerning | |||||
αυτουP141 | Him. | αὐτοῦ. | Him. | αυτου | | | dicebantur | dicebantur | Him. | ܥܠܘܗܝ | Him. | αὐτοῦ. | Him. | |||||
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