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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Γενεσίοις | The birthday | γενεσειοις | | | facto | Die | The birthday | ܟܕ | The birthday | Γενεσίων | The birthday | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | γενομένοις | having happened | γενομενοις | | | natale | natalis | having happened | ܕܝܢ | having happened | ἀγομένων | having happened | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | ηρωδου | | | herodis | Herodis | of Herod | ܒܝܬ | of Herod | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | ||||||
| — | ὠρχήσατο | danced | ωρχησατο | | | saltabit | saltavit | danced | ܝܠܕܗ | danced | ὠρχήσατο | danced | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | θυγάτηρ | daughter | θυγατηρ | | | filia | filia | daughter | ܕܗܪܘܕܤ | daughter | θυγάτηρ | daughter | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἡρῳδιάδος | of Herodias | — | | | herodiadis | Herodiadis | of Herodias | ܪܩܕܬ | of Herodias | Ἡρῳδιάδος | of Herodias | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܪܬܗ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | μέσῳ | midst | μεσω | | | medio | medio | midst | ܕܗܪܘܕܝܐ | midst | μέσῳ | midst | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܩܕܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἤρεσεν | pleased | ηρεσεν | | | placuit | placuit | pleased | ܤܡܝܟܐ | pleased | ἤρεσεν | pleased | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἡρῴδῃ· | Herod; | ηρωδη | | | herodi | Herodi | Herod; | ܘܫܦܪܬ | Herod; | Ἡρῴδῃ | Herod; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||