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 | ܘܫܒܥܬܝܗܘܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔλαβον | took | ελαβον | | | acceperunt | acceperunt | took | ܢܤܒܘܗ | took | ἔλαβον | took | ||||||
| — | αὐτὴν | her | αυτην | | | eam | eam | her | ܘܠܐ | her | αὐτὴν | her | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | similiter | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἑπτὰ | seven | — | | | vii | septem | seven | — | — | ἑπτά | seven | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܫܒܩܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܙܪܥܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἀφῆκαν | left | αφηκαν | | | reliquerunt | reliquerunt | left | ܐܚܪܝܬ | left | ἀφῆκαν | left | ||||||
| — | σπέρμα. | offspring. | σπερμα | | | semen | semen | offspring. | ܟܠܗܘܢ | offspring. | σπέρμα | offspring. | ||||||
| — | ἔσχατον | Last | — | | | — | Novissima | Last | ܡܝܬܬ | Last | Ἐσχάτη | Last | ||||||
| — | πάντων | of all | — | | | — | omnium | of all | — | — | πάντων | of all | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | mortua | defuncta | also | ܐܦ | also | ἀπέθανεν | also | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | est | — | — | — | — | καὶ | the | ||||||
| — | γυνὴ | woman | γυνη | | | et | et | woman | ܗܝ | woman | ἡ | woman | ||||||
| — | ἀπέθανεν. | died. | απεθανεν | | | mulier | mulier | died. | ܐܢܬܬܐ | died. | γυνή | died. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 12:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||