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 | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβον | James | — | | | iacobum | Jacobum | James | ܒܪ | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the son | τον | | | iohannen | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ζεβεδαίου | of Zebedee | ζεβεδαιου | | | zebedaei | Zebedæi | of Zebedee | ܙܒܕܝ | of Zebedee | Ζεβεδαίου | of Zebedee | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | — | Joannem | John | — | — | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸν | brother | αδελφον | | | fratrem | fratrem | brother | ܐܚܘܗܝ | brother | ἀδελφὸν | brother | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰακώβου, | of James, | — | | | iacobi | Jacobi | of James, | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | of James, | Ἰακώβου | of James, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܤܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπέθηκεν | He added | επεθηκεν | | | inposuit | imposuit | He added | ܠܗܘܢ | He added | ἐπέθηκεν | He added | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them the | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them the | ܫܡܐ | to them the | αὐτοῖς | to them the | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματα | names | ονομα | | | nomina | nomina | names | ܒܢܝ | names | ὀνόματα | names | ||||||
| — | Βοανηργές, | Boanerges, | — | | | boanges | Boanerges | Boanerges, | — | — | Βοανεργές | Boanerges, | ||||||
| — | ὅ | which | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὅ | which | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | υἱοὶ | Sons | ϋιοι | | | filius | Filii | Sons | ܒܢܝ | Sons | Υἱοὶ | Sons | ||||||
| — | βροντῆς· | of thunder; | βροντης | | | tonitrui | tonitrui | of thunder; | ܪܥܡܐ | of thunder; | Βροντῆς | of thunder; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||