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> | |||||
μαθουσαλαP4 · P75 | of Methuselah | Μαθουσαλὰ | of Methuselah | μαθουσαλα | | | fuit | fuit | of Methuselah | ܡܬܘܫܠܚ | of Methuselah | Μαθουσάλα | of Methuselah | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | mathulala | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ενωχP4 · P75 | of Enoch | Ἑνὼχ | of Enoch | — | | | qui | qui | of Enoch | ܚܢܘܟ | of Enoch | Ἐνώχ | of Enoch | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | fuit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιαρετP4 · P75 | of Jared | Ἰάρετ | of Jared | — | | | — | Henoch | of Jared | ܝܪܕ | of Jared | Ἰαρέδ | of Jared | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
μαλελεηλP4 · P75 | of Mahalalel | Μαλελεὴλ | of Mahalalel | μαλελεηλ | | | fuit | fuit | of Mahalalel | ܡܗܠܠܐܝܠ | of Mahalalel | Μαλελεήλ | of Mahalalel | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | iared | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
καιναμP4 · P75 | of Cainan | Καϊνὰμ | of Cainan | — | | | qui | qui | of Cainan | ܩܝܢܢ | of Cainan | Καϊνάν | of Cainan | |||||
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