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 | ܘܢܕܡܟ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | καθεύδῃ | he may sleep | καθευδη | | | obdormiat | dormiat | he may sleep | — | — | καθεύδῃ | he may sleep | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܢܩܘܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐγείρηται | he may be risen | — | | | — | exsurgat | he may be risen | ܒܠܠܝܐ | he may be risen | ἐγείρηται | he may be risen | ||||||
| — | νύκτα | night | νυκτα | | | nocte | nocte | night | — | — | νύκτα | night | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܐܝܡܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἡμέραν, | day, | ημεραν | | | die | die | day, | ܘܙܪܥܐ | day, | ἡμέραν | day, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | exurgat | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | σπόρος | seed | σπορος | | | et | et | seed | ܢܪܒܐ | seed | σπόρος | seed | ||||||
| — | βλαστᾷ | may sprout | βλαστα | | | semen | semen | may sprout | ܘܢܐܪܟ | may sprout | βλαστάνῃ | may sprout | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | germinet | germinet | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μηκύνηται | it may grow | — | | | et | et | it may grow | ܟܕ | it may grow | μηκύνηται | it may grow | ||||||
| — | ὡς | how | ως | | | increscat | increscat | how | ܗܘ | how | ὡς | how | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | dum | dum | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | οἶδεν | knows | οιδεν | | | nescit | nescit | knows | ܠܐ | knows | οἶδεν | knows | ||||||
| — | αὐτός. | he himself. | αυτος | | | ille | ille | he himself. | ܝܕܥ | he himself. | αὐτός | he himself. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||