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 | ܘܐܬܘ | And | Ἔρχονται | And | ||||||
| — | ἔρχεται | he comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | veniunt | he comes | — | — | οὖν | he comes | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | eius | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | ܐܡܗ | mother | ἀδελφοὶ | mother | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | — | — | καὶ | of Him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܚܘܗܝ | and | ἡ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | μήτηρ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφοὶ | brothers | αδελφοι | | | fraters | fratres | brothers | — | — | αὐτοῦ | brothers | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | et | et | of Him. | ܩܝܡܝܢ | of Him. | καὶ | of Him. | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἔξω | and | ||||||
| — | ἔξω | outside | εξω | | | foris | foris | outside | ܠܒܪ | outside | ἑστῶτες | outside | ||||||
| — | στήκοντες | standing | — | | | stantes | stantes | standing | — | — | ἀπέστειλαν | standing | ||||||
| — | ἀπέστειλαν | sent | απεστειλαν | | | miserunt | miserunt | sent | ܘܫܕܪܘ | sent | πρὸς | sent | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | — | — | αὐτόν | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܕܢܩܪܘܢܝܗܝ | Him | φωνοῦντες | Him | ||||||
| — | καλοῦντες | calling | — | | | uocantes | vocantes | calling | — | — | αὐτόν | calling | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν. | Him. | αυτον | | | illum | eum | Him. | ܠܗܘܢ | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||