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> | |||||
μαατP4 | of Maath | Μάαθ | of Maath | — | | | — | fuit | of Maath | ܡܐܬ | of Maath | Μαάθ | of Maath | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ματθαθιουP4 | of Mattathias | Ματταθίου | of Mattathias | — | | | — | qui | of Mattathias | ܡܛܬ | of Mattathias | Ματταθίου | of Mattathias | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
σεμεεινP4 | of Semein | Σεμεῒν | of Semein | — | | | — | Mathathiæ | of Semein | ܫܡܥܝ | of Semein | Σεμεΐ | of Semein | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιωσηχP4 | of Josech | Ἰωσὴχ | of Josech | — | | | — | fuit | of Josech | ܝܘܤܦ | of Josech | Ἰωσήφ | of Josech | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιωδαP4 | of Joda | Ἰωδὰ | of Joda | — | | | — | qui | of Joda | ܝܗܘܕܐ | of Joda | Ἰούδα | of Joda | |||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||