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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 | And | Καὶ | And | — | | | autem | Et | And | ܗܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αυτοσP4 | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | — | | | xxx | ipse | Himself | ܕܝܢ | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | |||||
ηνP4 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | ihs | Jesus | was | ܝܫܘܥ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
ισP4 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | erat | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
αρχομενοσP4 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | incipiens | incipiens | Jesus | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ωσειP4 | beginning | ἀρχόμενος | beginning | — | | | quasi | quasi | beginning | ܗܘܐ | beginning | ὡσεὶ | beginning | |||||
ετωP4 | about | ὡσεὶ | about | — | | | annorum | annorum | about | ܐܝܟ | about | ἐτῶν | about | |||||
ωνP4 | years old | ἐτῶν | years old | — | | | uidebatur | triginta | years old | ܒܪ | years old | τριάκοντα | years old | |||||
υιοσP4 | thirty | τριάκοντα | thirty | — | | | ut | ut | thirty | ܫܢܝܢ | thirty | ἀρχόμενος | thirty | |||||
ωσP4 | being | ὢν | being | — | | | — | putabatur | being | ܬܠܬܝܢ | being | ὢν- | being | |||||
ενομιζετοP4 | son, | υἱός, | son, | — | | | filius | filius | son, | ܘܡܤܬܒܪ | son, | ὡς | son, | |||||
ιωσηφP4 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | esse | Joseph | as | ܗܘܐ | as | ἐνομίζετο- | as | |||||
τουP4 | was supposed | ἐνομίζετο, | was supposed | ενομειζετο | | | qui | qui | was supposed | ܒܪ | was supposed | υἱὸς | was supposed | |||||
ηλειP4 | of Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | of Joseph | ιωσηφ | | | fuit | fuit | of Joseph | ܝܘܤܦ | of Joseph | Ἰωσήφ | of Joseph | |||||
τοῦP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ιωσηφ | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ἨλὶP4 | of Heli | Ἠλὶ | of Heli | — | | | iacob | qui | of Heli | ܒܪ | of Heli | Ἡλί | of Heli | |||||
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