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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | ei | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | εἶπαν | they said | — | | | responderunt | responderunt | they said | ܕܝܢ | they said | ἀπεκρίθησαν | they said | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | — | illi | to Him | — | — | Ἰωάννην | to Him | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying: | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying: | ܐܡܪܘ | saying: | τὸν | saying: | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | — | | | iohannen | Joannem | that | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | that | βαπτιστήν | that | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | ϊωαννην | | | baptistam | Baptistam | John | — | — | καὶ | John | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ἄλλοι | the | ||||||
| — | βαπτιστήν, | Baptist, | βαπτιστην | | | alii | alii | Baptist, | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | Baptist, | Ἠλίαν | Baptist, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | and | ἄλλοι | and | ||||||
| — | ἄλλοι· | others; | αλλοι | | | heliam | Eliam | others; | ܕܐܠܝܐ | others; | δὲ | others; | ||||||
| — | Ἠλίαν, | Elijah, | — | | | alii | alii | Elijah, | — | — | ἕνα | Elijah, | ||||||
| — | ἄλλοι | others | — | | | autem | vero | others | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | others | τῶν | others | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | quasi | quasi | now | ܕܝܢ | but | προφητῶν | now | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | — | | | unum | unum | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | — | | | — | de | one | ܡܢ | one | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | ex | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | προφητῶν. | prophets. | προφητων | | | prophetis | prophetis | prophets. | ܢܒܝܐ | prophets. | προφητῶν. | prophets. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 8:34 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||