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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܕܬܪܝܢ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | hic | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | δεύτερος | second | δευτερος | | | secundus | secundus | second | ܢܤܒܗ | second | δεύτερος | second | ||||||
| — | ἔλαβεν | took | ελαβεν | | | accepit | accepit | took | — | — | ἔλαβεν | took | ||||||
| — | αὐτὴν | her | αυτην | | | eam | eam | her | ܘܡܝܬ | her | αὐτήν | her | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܕ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀπέθανεν | died | απεθανεν | | | mortuus | mortuus | died | ܐܦ | died | ἀπέθανεν | died | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | est | est | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | — | | | et | et | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐδὲ | not | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸς | he himself | αυτος | | | nec | nec | he himself | ܗܘ | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | ||||||
| — | καταλιπὼν | having left | — | | | — | iste | having left | ܫܒܩ | having left | ἀφῆκεν | having left | ||||||
| — | σπέρμα | seed | σπερμα | | | reliquid | reliquit | seed | ܙܪܥܐ | seed | σπέρμα | seed | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | semen | semen | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | τρίτος | third | — | | | — | Et | third | ܘܕܬܠܬܐ | third | τρίτος | third | ||||||
| — | ὡσαύτως· | likewise; | — | | | — | tertius | likewise; | ܗܟܘܬ | likewise; | ὡσαύτως | likewise; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 12:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||