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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὃς | Whoever | ος | | | qui | Qui | Whoever | ܡܢ | Whoever | Ὃς | Whoever | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | fecerit | fecerit | maybe | ܓܝܪ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | ποιήσῃ | may do | ποιηση | | | uoluntatem | voluntatem | may do | ܨܒܝܢܗ | may do | ποιήσῃ | may do | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | di | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | — | Dei | will | ܗܘܝܘ | will | θέλημα | will | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ, | of God, | θυ | | | hic | hic | of God, | ܘܚܬܝ | of God, | θεοῦ | of God, | ||||||
| — | οὗτος | he | ουτος | | | frater | frater | he | ܘܐܡܝ | he | οὗτος | he | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφός | brother | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ | brother | ἀδελφός | brother | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meus | meus | of Mine | ܠܘܬܗ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܢܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὴ | sister | αδελφη | | | soror | soror | sister | ܤܓܝܐܐ | sister | ἀδελφή | sister | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | — | | | mea | mea | of Mine | ܐܝܟ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܢܤܩ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | ܢܬܒ | mother | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | ἐστίν.¶ | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܠܗ | is. | ἐστίν | is. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||