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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | το | | | et | — | — | — | — | Τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | nauis | navicula | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | πλοῖον | the boat | πλοιον | | | autem | autem | the boat | ܪܚܝܩܐ | the boat | πλοῖον | the boat | ||||||
| — | ἤδη | now | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܘܬ | now | ἤδη | now | ||||||
| — | σταδίους | stadia | — | | | in | in | stadia | ܡܢ | stadia | μέσον | stadia | ||||||
| — | πολλοὺς | many | — | | | medium | medio | many | ܐܪܥܐ | many | τῆς | many | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܤܛܕܘܬܐ | from | θαλάσσης | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | of the | — | | | uexabatur | — | — | — | — | ἦν | of the | ||||||
| — | γῆς | land | — | | | maris | mari | land | ܤܓܝܐܐ | land | βασανιζόμενον | land | ||||||
| — | ἀπεῖχεν | was fully | — | | | — | jactabatur | was fully | ܟܕ | was fully | ὑπὸ | was fully | ||||||
| — | βασανιζόμενον | being tossed | — | | | fluctibus | fluctibus | being tossed | ܡܫܬܓܫܐ | being tossed | τῶν | being tossed | ||||||
| — | ὑπὸ | by | — | | | a | — | — | ܤܓܝ | by | κυμάτων | by | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἦν | the | ||||||
| — | κυμάτων· | waves; | — | | | erat | erat | waves; | ܡܢ | waves; | γὰρ | waves; | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | ην | | | enim | enim | was | ܓܠܠܐ | was | ἐναντίος | was | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | — | — | — | ܓܝܪ | for | ὁ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐναντίος | contrary was | εναντιος | | | contrarius | contrarius | contrary was | ܓܝܪ | contrary was | ἄνεμος | contrary was | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | erat | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνεμος. | wind. | ανεμος | | | uentus | ventus | wind. | ܠܩܘܒܠܗ | wind. | ἄνεμος. | wind. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||