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 | ||||||||||||
| — | βλέπων | Seeing | βλεπων | | | uidens | Videns | Seeing | ܘܟܕ | Seeing | Βλέπων | Seeing | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | vero | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | uentum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνεμον | wind | ανεμον | | | ualidum | ventum | wind | ܪܘܚܐ | wind | ἄνεμον | wind | ||||||
| — | ἰσχυρὸν | charging | ϊσχυρον | | | timuit | validum | strong | ܕܩܫܝܐ | charging | ἰσχυρὸν | charging | ||||||
| — | ἐφοβήθη, | he was afraid, | εφοβηθη | | | et | timuit | feared | ܕܚܠ | he was afraid, | ἐφοβήθη | he was afraid, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | incipiens | et | and | ܘܫܪܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀρξάμενος | having begun | αρξαμενος | | | — | cum cœpisset | when he began | — | — | ἀρξάμενος | having begun | ||||||
| — | καταποντίζεσθαι | to sink | καταποντιζεσθαι | | | me | mergi | to sink | ܠܡܛܒܥ | to sink | καταποντίζεσθαι | to sink | ||||||
| — | ἔκραξεν | he cried out | εκραξεν | | | clamauit | clamavit | he cried out | ܘܐܪܝܡ | he cried out | ἔκραξεν | he cried out | ||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܩܠܗ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| — | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | demergi | Domine | Lord, | ܘܐܡܪ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | ||||||
| — | σῶσόν | do save | σωσον | | | dme | salvum fac | save | ܡܪܝ | do save | σῶσόν | do save | ||||||
| — | με.¶ | me! | με | | | libera | me | me! | ܦܪܘܩܝܢܝ | me! | με | me! | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||