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> | |||||
σερουχP4 · P75 | of Serug | Σεροὺχ | of Serug | — | | | fuit | fuit | of Serug | ܤܪܘܓ | of Serug | Σερούχ | of Serug | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | seruc | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ραγαυP4 · P75 | of Reu | Ῥαγαὺ | of Reu | ραγαυ | | | qui | qui | of Reu | ܐܪܥܘ | of Reu | Ῥαγαῦ | of Reu | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | fuit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
φαλεκP4 · P75 | of Peleg | Φάλεκ | of Peleg | φαλεκ | | | ragau | Ragau | of Peleg | ܦܠܓ | of Peleg | Φάλεγ | of Peleg | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
εβερP4 · P75 | of Heber | Ἔβερ | of Heber | εβερ | | | fuit | fuit | of Heber | ܥܒܪ | of Heber | Ἑβέρ | of Heber | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | phalec | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
σαλαP4 · P75 | of Shelah | Σαλὰ | of Shelah | σαλα | | | qui | qui | of Shelah | ܫܠܚ | of Shelah | Σαλά | of Shelah | |||||
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