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 | ||||||||||||
σιμωναP4 · P75 | Simon | Σίμωνα | Simon | σιμωνα | | | simonem | Simonem | Simon | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Simon | Σίμωνα | Simon | |||||
ονP4 · P75 | whom | ὃν | whom | ον | | | quem | quem | whom | — | — | ὃν | whom | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | cognominauit | cognominavit | also | ܗܘ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
ωνομασενP4 · P75 | He named | ὠνόμασεν | He named | — | | | primum | — | — | ܕܫܡܝ | He named | ὠνόμασεν | He named | |||||
πετρονP4 · P75 | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | petrum | Petrum | Peter | — | — | Πέτρον | Peter | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܐܦܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανδρεανP4 · P75 | Andrew | Ἀνδρέαν | Andrew | ανδρεαν | | | andream | Andream | Andrew | ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | Andrew | Ἀνδρέαν | Andrew | |||||
τονP4 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | iohanen | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
αδελφονP4 · P75 | brother | ἀδελφὸν | brother | αδελφον | | | fratrem | fratrem | brother | — | — | ἀδελφὸν | brother | |||||
αυτουP4 · P75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | — | — | — | ܐܚܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eius | ejus | and | — | — | Ἰάκωβον | and | |||||
ιακωβονP4 · P75 | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | ϊακωβον | | | iacobum | Jacobum | James | ܘܝܥܩܘܒ | James | καὶ | James | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܝܘܚܢܢ | and | Ἰωάννην | and | |||||
ιωανηνP4 · P75 | John | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | — | Joannem | John | — | — | Φίλιππον | John | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܘܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
φιλιππονP4 · P75 | Philip | Φίλιππον | Philip | φιλιππον | | | philippum | Philippum | Philip | ܘܒܪ | Philip | Βαρθολομαῖον | Philip | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
βαρθολομαιονP4 · P75 | Bartholomew | Βαρθολομαῖον | Bartholomew | βαρθολομαιον | | | bartholomeum | Bartholomæum | Bartholomew | ܬܘܠܡܝ | Bartholomew | Βαρθολομαῖον | Bartholomew | |||||
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