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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἕνεκεν | On account of | — | | | propter | Propter | On account of | ܡܛܠ | On account of | Ἕνεκεν | On account of | ||||||
| — | τούτου | this | — | | | hoc | hoc | this | — | — | τούτου | this | ||||||
| — | καταλείψει | will leave | — | | | relinquet | relinquet | will leave | ܗܢܐ | will leave | καταλείψει | will leave | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | — | | | homo | homo | a man | ܢܫܒܘܩ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πατέρα | father | — | | | patrem | patrem | father | — | — | πατέρα | father | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | — | suum | of him | ܓܒܪܐ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | μητέρα | mother | — | | | matrem | matrem | mother | ܠܐܒܘܗܝ | mother | μητέρα | mother | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | προσκολληθήσεται | will be joined | — | | | adherebit | adhærebit | will be joined | ܘܠܐܡܗ | will be joined | προσκολληθήσεται | will be joined | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | — | | | ad | ad | to | ܘܢܩܦ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | suam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | γυναῖκα | wife | — | | | uxorem | uxorem | wife | — | — | γυναῖκα | wife | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | suam | suam | of him, | ܠܐܢܬܬܗ | of him, | αὐτοῦ | of him, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||