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> | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιεσσαιP4 | of Jesse | Ἰεσσαὶ | of Jesse | ιεσσαι | | | fuit | fuit | of Jesse | ܐܝܫܝ | of Jesse | Ἰεσσαί | of Jesse | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | iesse | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιωβητP4 | of Obed | Ἰωβὴδ | of Obed | — | | | qui | qui | of Obed | ܥܘܒܝܕ | of Obed | Ὠβήδ | of Obed | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | fuit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
βοοσP4 | of Boaz | Βόος | of Boaz | βοος | | | obed | Obed | of Boaz | ܒܥܙ | of Boaz | Βοόζ | of Boaz | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
σαλαP4 | of Sala | Σαλὰ | of Sala | — | | | fuit | fuit | of Sala | ܤܠܡܘܢ | of Sala | Σαλμών | of Sala | |||||
τουP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | boos | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ναασσωνP4 | of Nahshon | Ναασσὼν | of Nahshon | ναασσων | | | qui | qui | of Nahshon | ܢܚܫܘܢ | of Nahshon | Ναασσών | of Nahshon | |||||
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