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> | |||||
μελχειP4 | of Melchi | Μελχὶ | of Melchi | — | | | — | fuit | of Melchi | ܡܠܟܝ | of Melchi | Μελχί | of Melchi | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
αδδειP4 | of Addi | Ἀδδὶ | of Addi | — | | | — | qui | of Addi | ܐܕܝ | of Addi | Ἀδδί | of Addi | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
κωσαμP4 | of Cosam | Κωσὰμ | of Cosam | — | | | — | Addi | of Cosam | ܩܘܤܡ | of Cosam | Κωσάμ | of Cosam | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ελμασαμP4 | of Elmadam | Ἐλμαδὰμ | of Elmadam | — | | | — | fuit | of Elmadam | ܐܠܡܘܕܕ | of Elmadam | Ἐλμωδάμ | of Elmadam | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ηρP4 | of Er | Ἢρ | of Er | — | | | — | qui | of Er | ܥܝܪ | of Er | Ἤρ | of Er | |||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||