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 | ܘܦܫܛ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐκτείνας | having stretched out | εκτεινας | | | extendens | extendens | having stretched out | — | — | ἐκτείνας | having stretched out | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | super | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | χεῖρα | hand | χειρα | | | manum | manum | hand | ܐܝܕܗ | hand | χεῖρα | hand | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | — | in | of Him | ܠܘܬ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | discipulos | discipulos | to | — | — | ἐπὶ | to | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | μαθητὰς | disciples | μαθητας | | | suos | suos | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθητὰς | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said; | ܘܐܡܪ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | ||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | — | — | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | mea | mea | of Mine | ܐܡܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܗܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφοί | brothers | αδελφοι | | | fratres | fratres | brothers | — | — | ἀδελφοί | brothers | ||||||
| — | μου. | of Mine. | μου | | | mei | mei | of Mine. | ܐܚܝ | of Mine. | μου | of Mine. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||