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 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιακωβP4 · P75 | of Jacob | Ἰακὼβ | of Jacob | ιακωβ | | | fuit | fuit | of Jacob | ܝܥܩܘܒ | of Jacob | Ἰακώβ | of Jacob | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | iacob | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ισαακP4 · P75 | of Isaac | Ἰσαὰκ | of Isaac | — | | | qui | qui | of Isaac | ܐܝܤܚܩ | of Isaac | Ἰσαάκ | of Isaac | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | fuit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
αβρααμP4 · P75 | of Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | of Abraham | αβρααμ | | | isac | Isaac | of Abraham | ܐܒܪܗܡ | of Abraham | Ἀβραάμ | of Abraham | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θαραP4 · P75 | of Terah | Θάρα | of Terah | θαρα | | | fuit | fuit | of Terah | ܬܪܚ | of Terah | Θάρα | of Terah | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | abraham | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ναχωρP4 · P75 | of Nahor | Ναχὼρ | of Nahor | ναχωρ | | | qui | qui | of Nahor | ܢܚܘܪ | of Nahor | Ναχώρ | of Nahor | |||||
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