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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀναβάντων | when were climbing | αναβαντων | | | quieuit | cum | when were climbing | — | — | ἐμβάντων | when were climbing | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | they | αυτων | | | ascendentibus | ascendissent | they | ܤܠܩܘ | they | αὐτῶν | they | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܐܠܦܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | πλοῖον | boat | πλοιον | | | naui | naviculam | boat | — | — | πλοῖον | boat | ||||||
| — | ἐκόπασεν | ceased | εκοπασεν | | | — | cessavit | ceased | ܫܠܝܬ | ceased | ἐκόπασεν | ceased | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνεμος. | wind. | ανεμος | | | uentus | ventus | wind. | ܪܘܚܐ | wind. | ἄνεμος | wind. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||