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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | matthaeum | Matthæum | and | ܘܡܬܝ | and | Ματθαῖον | and | |||||
μαθθαιονP4 · P75 | Matthew | Μαθθαῖον | Matthew | μαθθαιον | | | et | et | Matthew | ܘܬܐܘܡܐ | Matthew | καὶ | Matthew | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | thoman | Thomam | and | — | — | Θωμᾶν | and | |||||
θωμανP4 · P75 | Thomas | Θωμᾶν | Thomas | θωμαν | | | iacobum | Jacobum | Thomas | ܘܝܥܩܘܒ | Thomas | Ἰάκωβον | Thomas | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | alphei | Alphæi | and | ܒܪ | and | τὸν | and | |||||
ιακωβονP4 · P75 | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | — | | | cognominatus | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | James | |||||
αλφαιουP4 · P75 | <the son> | τὸν | <the son> | τον | | | est | — | — | — | — | Ἁλφαίου | <the son> | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | καὶ | <the> | |||||
σιμωναP4 · P75 | of Alphaeus | Ἁλφαίου | of Alphaeus | — | | | et | et | of Alphaeus | ܚܠܦܝ | of Alphaeus | Σίμωνα | of Alphaeus | |||||
καλουμενονP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | simonem | Simonem | and | ܘܫܡܥܘܢ | and | τὸν | and | |||||
ζηλωτηνP4 · P75 | Simon | Σίμωνα | Simon | — | | | qui | qui | Simon | — | — | καλούμενον | Simon | |||||
τὸνP4 · P75 | the one | τὸν | the one | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ζηλωτήν | the one | |||||
καλούμενονP4 · P75 | being called | καλούμενον | being called | καλουμενον | | | uocatur | vocatur | being called | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | being called | καλούμενον | being called | |||||
ζηλωτὴνP4 · P75 | Zealot | ζηλωτὴν | Zealot | ζηλωτην | | | zelotes | Zelotes | Zealot | ܛܢܢܐ | Zealot | ζηλωτὴν | Zealot | |||||
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