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> | |||||
μαθθαθιουP4 | of Mattathias | Ματταθίου | of Mattathias | — | | | — | fuit | of Mattathias | ܡܬܬܐ | of Mattathias | Ματταθίου | of Mattathias | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
αμωσP4 | of Amos | Ἀμὼς | of Amos | — | | | — | qui | of Amos | ܥܡܘܨ | of Amos | Ἀμώς | of Amos | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ναουμP4 | of Nahum | Ναοὺμ | of Nahum | — | | | — | Amos | of Nahum | ܢܚܘܡ | of Nahum | Ναούμ | of Nahum | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
εσλαιP4 | of Esli | Ἑσλὶ | of Esli | — | | | — | fuit | of Esli | ܚܤܠܝ | of Esli | Ἐσλί | of Esli | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ναγγαιP4 | of Naggai | Ναγγαὶ | of Naggai | — | | | — | qui | of Naggai | ܢܓܝ | of Naggai | Ναγγαί | of Naggai | |||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||