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 | ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἀνδρέαν | Andrew | ανδρεαν | | | andream | Andream | Andrew | — | — | Ἀνδρέαν | Andrew | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Φίλιππον | Philip | φιλιππον | | | filippum | Philippum | Philip | ܘܒܪ | Philip | Φίλιππον | Philip | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Βαρθολομαῖον | Bartholomew | βαρθολομαιον | | | barthilomeum | Bartholomæum | Bartholomew | ܬܘܠܡܝ | Bartholomew | Βαρθολομαῖον | Bartholomew | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܬܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Μαθθαῖον | Matthew | μαθθαιον | | | mattheum | Matthæum | Matthew | — | — | Ματθαῖον | Matthew | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܬܐܘܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Θωμᾶν | Thomas | θωμαν | | | thomam | Thomam | Thomas | ܘܝܥܩܘܒ | Thomas | Θωμᾶν | Thomas | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβον | James | ϊακωβον | | | iacobum | Jacobum | James | ܒܪ | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the son | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἁλφαίου | of Alphaeus | αλφαιου | | | alfei | Alphæi | of Alphaeus | ܚܠܦܝ | of Alphaeus | Ἀλφαίου | of Alphaeus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Θαδδαῖον | Thaddaeus | — | | | — | Thaddæum | Thaddaeus | ܘܬܕܝ | Thaddaeus | Θαδδαῖον | Thaddaeus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܫܡܥܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Σίμωνα | Simon | σιμωνα | | | simonem | Simonem | Simon | — | — | Σίμωνα | Simon | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | lebbeum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | Καναναῖον | Zealot | καναναιον | | | cananeum | Cananæum | Zealot | ܩܢܢܝܐ | Zealot | Κανανίτην | Zealot | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||