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 | ||||||||||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
μαθθαθP4 | of Matthat | Μαθθὰτ | of Matthat | — | | | — | fuit | of Matthat | ܡܛܬܬ | of Matthat | Ματθάτ | of Matthat | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
λευειP4 | of Levi | Λευὶ | of Levi | — | | | — | qui | of Levi | ܠܘܝ | of Levi | Λευΐ | of Levi | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
μελχειP4 | of Melchi | Μελχὶ | of Melchi | — | | | — | Melchi | of Melchi | ܡܠܟܝ | of Melchi | Μελχί | of Melchi | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιανναιP4 | of Jannai | Ἰανναὶ | of Jannai | — | | | — | fuit | of Jannai | ܝܐܢܝ | of Jannai | Ἰαννά | of Jannai | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιωσηφP4 | of Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | of Joseph | — | | | — | qui | of Joseph | ܝܘܤܦ | of Joseph | Ἰωσήφ | of Joseph | |||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||