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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τῶν | <the> | των | | | xii | — | — | — | — | Τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | — | | | — | Duodecim | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | of the twelve | — | | | autem | autem | of the twelve | ܕܝܢ | of the twelve | δώδεκα | of the twelve | ||||||
| — | ἀποστόλων | apostles | αποστολων | | | — | — | — | ܕܬܪܥܤܪ | apostles | ἀποστόλων | apostles | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματά | names | ονοματα | | | apostolorum | Apostolorum | names | — | — | ὀνόματά | names | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | are | εστιν | | | nomina | nomina | are | ܫܠܝܚܐ | are | ἐστιν | are | ||||||
| — | ταῦτα·¶ | these: | ταυτα | | | — | — | — | ܫܡܗܐ | these: | ταῦτα | these: | ||||||
| — | Πρῶτος | first | πρωτος | | | sunt | sunt | first | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | first | πρῶτος | first | ||||||
| — | Σίμων | Simon | σιμων | | | — | hæc | Simon | ܗܠܝܢ | Simon | Σίμων | Simon | ||||||
| — | ὁ | who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | ||||||
| — | λεγόμενος | is being named | λεγομενος | | | — | — | — | ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ | is being named | λεγόμενος | is being named | ||||||
| — | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | primus | Primus | Peter | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | simon | Simon | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | ανδρεας | | | qui | qui | Andrew | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | Andrew | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸς | brother | αδελφος | | | — | — | — | ܟܐܦܐ | brother | ἀδελφὸς | brother | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | dicitur | dicitur | of him, | ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | of him, | αὐτοῦ | of him, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | petrus | Petrus | and | ܐܚܘܗܝ | and | Ἰάκωβος | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβος | James | ϊακωβος | | | — | — | — | ܘܝܥܩܘܒ | James | ὁ | James | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the son | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ζεβεδαίου | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ζεβεδαίου | of Zebedee | — | | | et | et | of Zebedee | ܒܪ | of Zebedee | καὶ | of Zebedee | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | andreas | Andreas | and | — | — | Ἰωάννης | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννης | John | ϊωαννης | | | — | — | — | ܙܒܕܝ | John | ὁ | John | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | haec | — | — | — | — | ἀδελφὸς | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸς | brother | αδελφος | | | frater | frater | brother | ܘܝܘܚܢܢ | brother | αὐτοῦ | brother | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him, | ܐܚܘܗܝ | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||