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 | ܘܫܐܠܗ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτα | He was asking | επηρωτα | | | interrogabat | interrogabat | He was asking | — | — | ἐπηρώτα | He was asking | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν· | him; | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him; | ܐܝܟܢܐ | him; | αὐτόν | him; | ||||||
| — | τί | What is | τι | | | quod | Quod | What is | ܫܡܟ | What is | Τί | What is | ||||||
| — | ὄνομά | the name | — | | | tibi | tibi | the name | — | — | σοι | the name | ||||||
| — | σοι; | of you | σοι | | | nomen | nomen | of you | ܐܡܪ | of you | ὄνομα | of you | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | — | | | est | est | And | — | — | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀπεκρίθη | he answered | — | | | et | Et | he answered | ܠܗ | he answered | ἀπεκρίθη | he answered | ||||||
| — | λέγει | he says | — | | | respondit | dicit | he says | ܠܓܝܘܢ | he says | λέγων | he says | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to him; | — | | | sumus | ei | to him; | — | — | Λεγεὼν | to him; | ||||||
| — | λεγιὼν | Legion | — | | | legio | Legio | Legion | ܫܡܢ | Legion | ὄνομά | Legion | ||||||
| — | ὄνομά | is name | ονομα | | | mihi | mihi | is name | — | — | μοι | is name | ||||||
| — | μοι | to Me | μοι | | | nomen | nomen | to Me | ܡܛܠ | to Me | ὅτι | to Me | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | est | est | because | ܕܤܓܝܐܐ | because | πολλοί | because | ||||||
| — | πολλοί | many | πολλοι | | | quia | quia | many | — | — | ἐσμεν | many | ||||||
| — | ἐσμεν. | we are. | εσμεν | | | multi | multi | we are. | ܚܢܢ | we are. | ἐσμεν. | we are. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 5:16 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||