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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πάντες | All | παντες | | | omnis | Omnes | All | ܟܠܗܘܢ | All | Πάντες | All | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | iohannen | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | προφῆται | prophets | προφηται | | | prophetarunt | prophetæ | prophets | ܢܒܝܐ | prophets | προφῆται | prophets | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | νόμος | law | νομος | | | lex | lex | law | ܘܐܘܪܝܬܐ | law | νόμος | law | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | usque | usque | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννου | John | ϊωαννου | | | ad | ad Joannem | to John | ܠܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννου | John | ||||||
| — | ἐπροφήτευσαν. | prophesied. | επροφητευσαν | | | prophetae | prophetaverunt | prophesied | ܐܬܢܒܝܘ | prophesied. | προεφήτευσαν | prophesied. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 11:26 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||