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 | ܘܤܠܩ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀναβαίνει | He goes up | αναβαινει | | | ascendit | ascendens | He goes up | — | — | ἀναβαίνει | He goes up | ||||||
| — | εἰς | on | εις | | | in | in | on | ܠܛܘܪܐ | on | εἰς | on | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | montem | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄρος | mountain | ορος | | | uocauit | vocavit | mountain | — | — | ὄρος | mountain | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | ad | ad | and | ܘܩܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | προσκαλεῖται | calls near | προσκαλειται | | | se | se | calls near | — | — | προσκαλεῖται | calls near | ||||||
| — | οὓς | those whom | ους | | | quos | quos | those whom | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | those whom | οὓς | those whom | ||||||
| — | ἤθελεν | he was wanting | ηθελεν | | | uoluit | voluit | he was wanting | — | — | ἤθελεν | he was wanting | ||||||
| — | αὐτός, | Himself, | αυτος | | | ipse | ipse | Himself, | ܕܨܒܐ | Himself, | αὐτός | Himself, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀπῆλθον | they went | — | | | uenerunt | venerunt | they went | ܘܐܬܘ | they went | ἀπῆλθον | they went | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | — | — | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν.¶ | Him. | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him. | ܠܘܬܗ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||