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 | ܘܚܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | περιβλεψάμενος | having looked around on | περιβλεψαμενος | | | circumspiciens | circumspiciens | having looked around on | — | — | περιβλεψάμενος | having looked around on | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | those who | τους | | | fratres | — | — | — | — | κύκλῳ | those who | ||||||
| — | περὶ | around | — | | | dixit | eos | around | ܒܐܝܠܝܢ | around | τοὺς | around | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | qui | qui | Him | ܕܝܬܒܝܢ | Him | περὶ | Him | ||||||
| — | κύκλῳ | surrounding | κυκλω | | | in | in | surrounding | — | — | αὐτὸν | surrounding | ||||||
| — | καθημένους | were sitting | καθημενους | | | circuitu | circuitu | were sitting | ܠܘܬܗ | were sitting | καθημένους | were sitting | ||||||
| — | λέγει· | He says; | — | | | eius | ejus | He says; | ܘܐܡܪ | He says; | λέγει | He says; | ||||||
| — | ἴδε | Behold | — | | | sedebant | sedebant | Behold | — | — | Ἴδε | Behold | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | mei | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | — | ait | mother | ܗܐ | mother | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | ecce | Ecce | of Mine | ܐܡܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | mater | mater | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφοί | brothers | αδελφοι | | | mea | mea | brothers | ܘܗܐ | brothers | ἀδελφοί | brothers | ||||||
| — | μου. | of Mine! | μου | | | et | et | of Mine! | ܐܚܝ | of Mine! | μου | of Mine! | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||