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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܗܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ηνP75 | He was | ἦν | He was | ην | | | erat | erat | He was | ܡܟܪܙ | He was | ἦν | He was | |||||
κηρυσσωνP75 | preaching | κηρύσσων | preaching | κηρυσσων | | | praedicans | prædicans | preaching | — | — | κηρύσσων | preaching | |||||
εισP75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | in | in | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τασP75 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
συναγωγασP75 | synagogues | συναγωγὰς | synagogues | συναγωγας | | | synagogis | synagogis | synagogues | ܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | synagogues | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | |||||
τησP75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
ιουδαιασP75 | of Judea. | Ἰουδαίας.¶ | of Judea. | — | | | galilaeae | Galilææ | of Judea. | ܕܓܠܝܠܐ | of Judea. | Γαλιλαίας | of Judea. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 5:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||