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 | ܘܟܢܫܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | συνάγονται | are gathered together | συναγονται | | | conuenerunt | conveniunt | are gathered together | — | — | συνάγονται | are gathered together | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬܗ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܦܪܝܫܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | hierosolymis | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | pharisaei | pharisæi | Pharisees | — | — | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | καί | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܤܦܪܐ | and | καί | and | ||||||
| — | τινες | some | τινες | | | quidam | quidam | some | — | — | τινες | some | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | sscribis | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | γραμματέων | scribes | — | | | de | de | scribes | ܕܐܬܘ | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | ||||||
| — | ἐλθόντες | having come | ελθοντες | | | — | scribis | having come | ܡܢ | having come | ἐλθόντες | having come | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | uenientes | venientes | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | Ἱεροσολύμων. | Jerusalem. | ϊεροσολυμων | | | ab | ab | Jerusalem. | ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem. | Ἱεροσολύμων | Jerusalem. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 7:3 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||