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> | |||||
μελεαP4 | of Melea | Μελεὰ | of Melea | — | | | — | fuit | of Melea | ܡܠܝܐ | of Melea | Μελεᾶ | of Melea | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
μενναP4 | of Menna | Μεννὰ | of Menna | — | | | — | qui | of Menna | ܡܐܢܝ | of Menna | Μαϊνάν | of Menna | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ματταθαP4 | of Mattatha | Ματταθὰ | of Mattatha | — | | | — | Menna | of Mattatha | ܡܛܬܐ | of Mattatha | Ματταθά | of Mattatha | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ναθαμP4 | of Nathan | Ναθὰμ | of Nathan | — | | | — | fuit | of Nathan | ܢܬܢ | of Nathan | Ναθάν | of Nathan | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
δαυειδP4 | of David | Δαυὶδ | of David | — | | | — | qui | of David | ܕܘܝܕ | of David | Δαυίδ | of David | |||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||