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> | |||||
ιωανανP4 | of Joannen | Ἰωανὰν | of Joannen | — | | | — | fuit | of Joannen | ܝܘܚܢܢ | of Joannen | Ἰωανάν | of Joannen | |||||
τουουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ρησαυP4 | of Rhesa | Ῥησὰ | of Rhesa | — | | | — | qui | of Rhesa | ܪܤܐ | of Rhesa | Ῥησά | of Rhesa | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ζοροβαβελP4 | of Zerubbabel | Ζοροβαβὲλ | of Zerubbabel | — | | | — | Resa | of Zerubbabel | ܙܘܪܒܒܠ | of Zerubbabel | Ζοροβάβελ | of Zerubbabel | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
σαλαθιηλP4 | of Shealtiel | Σαλαθιὴλ | of Shealtiel | — | | | — | fuit | of Shealtiel | ܫܠܬܐܝܠ | of Shealtiel | Σαλαθιήλ | of Shealtiel | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
νηρειP4 | of Neri | Νηρὶ | of Neri | — | | | — | qui | of Neri | ܢܪܝ | of Neri | Νηρί | of Neri | |||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||