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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Φίλιππος | Philip | φιλιππος | | | iacobus | Philippus | Philip | ܘܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | Philip | Φίλιππος | Philip | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | zebedaei | et | and | ܘܒܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Βαρθολομαῖος, | Bartholomew, | βαρθολομαιος | | | et | Bartholomæus | Bartholomew | ܬܘܠܡܝ | Bartholomew, | Βαρθολομαῖος | Bartholomew, | ||||||
| — | Θωμᾶς | Thomas | θωμας | | | iohannes | Thomas | Thomas | ܘܬܐܘܡܐ | Thomas | Θωμᾶς | Thomas | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | frater | et | and | ܘܡܬܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Μαθθαῖος | Matthew | μαθθαιος | | | eius | Matthæus | Matthew | ܡܟܤܐ | Matthew | Ματθαῖος | Matthew | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | philippus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | τελώνης, | tax collector, | τελωνης | | | et | publicanus | tax collector | — | — | τελώνης | tax collector, | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβος | James | ϊακωβος | | | bartholomeus | Jacobus | James | ܘܝܥܩܘܒ | James | Ἰάκωβος | James | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the son | ο | | | thomas | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | et | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἁλφαίου | of Alphaeus | αλφαιου | | | mattheus | Alphæi | of Alphaeus | ܒܪ | of Alphaeus | Ἀλφαίου | of Alphaeus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | publicanus | et | and | ܚܠܦܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Λεββαῖος | Lebbaeus | — | | | iacobus | — | — | ܘܠܒܝ | Lebbaeus | Λεββαῖος | Lebbaeus | ||||||
| — | ὁ | which | — | | | alfei | — | — | — | — | ὁ | which | ||||||
| — | ἐπικληθεὶς | having been called | — | | | et | — | — | ܕܐܬܟܢܝ | having been called | ἐπικληθεὶς | having been called | ||||||
| — | Θαδδαῖος, | Thaddaeus, | — | | | — | Thaddæus | Thaddaeus | ܬܕܝ | Thaddaeus, | Θαδδαῖος | Thaddaeus, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||