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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | illi | they | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | εἶπαν· | they said: | — | | | ïohannen | dixerunt | said | ܕܝܢ | they said: | εἶπον | they said: | ||||||
| — | οἱ | Some | — | | | prophetis | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | Some | ||||||
| — | μέν· | indeed, | — | | | dixerunt | Alii | some | ܐܡܪܘ | indeed, | μὲν | indeed, | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | ϊωαννην | | | alii | Joannem | John | ܐܝܬ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | heliam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | βαπτιστήν, | Baptist, | βαπτιστην | | | — | Baptistam | the Baptist | ܕܐܡܪܝܢ | Baptist, | βαπτιστήν | Baptist, | ||||||
| — | ἄλλοι | others | αλλοι | | | baptistam | alii | others | ܝܘܚܢܢ | others | ἄλλοι | others | ||||||
| — | δέ· | however, | δε | | | alii | autem | however | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | however, | δὲ | however, | ||||||
| — | Ἠλίαν, | Elijah, | ηλειαν | | | autem | Eliam | Elijah | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Elijah, | Ἠλίαν | Elijah, | ||||||
| — | ἕτεροι | others | ετεροι | | | autem | alii | others | ܕܝܢ | others | ἕτεροι | others | ||||||
| — | δέ· | however, | δε | | | hieremian | vero | indeed | ܐܠܝܐ | however, | δὲ | however, | ||||||
| — | Ἰερεμίαν | Jeremiah | — | | | — | Jeremiam | Jeremiah | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | Jeremiah | Ἰερεμίαν | Jeremiah | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | ἕνα | one | ενα | | | autem | unum | one | ܐܘ | one | ἕνα | one | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | προφητῶν. | prophets. | προφητων | | | unum | ex prophetis | of the prophets | ܚܕ | prophets. | προφητῶν | prophets. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||