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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | illi | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | ihs | Jesus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | autem | autem | Jesus | ܠܗ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܝܫܘܥ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | — | ei | to him; | ܡܢܐ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | ||||||
| — | τί | Why | τι | | | quid | Quid | Why | ܩܪܐ | Why | Τί | Why | ||||||
| — | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | ܐܢܬ | Me | με | Me | ||||||
| — | λέγεις | you call | λεγεις | | | solus | — | — | ܠܝ | you call | λέγεις | you call | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθόν; | good? | αγαθον | | | dicis | dicis | good? | ܛܒܐ | good? | ἀγαθόν | good? | ||||||
| — | οὐδεὶς | No one is | ουδεις | | | bonum | bonum | No one is | ܠܝܬ | No one is | Οὐδεὶς | No one is | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθὸς | good | αγαθος | | | nemo | nemo | good | ܛܒܐ | good | ἀγαθός | good | ||||||
| — | εἰ | only | ει | | | bonus | bonus | only | ܐܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | ||||||
| — | μὴ | except | μη | | | nisi | nisi | except | ܐܢ | except | μὴ | except | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεός. | God. | — | | | ds | Deus | God. | ܐܠܗܐ | God. | θεός | God. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||