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 | ||||||||||||
καὶP44 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܚܙܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ἰδοὺP44 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
ὤφθηP44 | it appeared | ὤφθη | it appeared | ωφθη | | | paruit | apparuerunt | it appeared | ܠܗܘܢ | it appeared | ὤφθησαν | it appeared | |||||
αὐτοῖςP44 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | illis | to them | ܡܘܫܐ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ΜωϋσῆςP44 | Moses | Μωϋσῆς | Moses | μωϋσης | | | moyses | Moyses | Moses | — | — | Μωσῆς | Moses | |||||
καὶP44 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܠܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἨλίαςP44 | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ηλειας | | | helias | Elias | Elijah | ܟܕ | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | |||||
συλλαλοῦντεςP44 | talking | συλλαλοῦντες | talking | — | | | cum | cum | talking | — | — | μετ’ | talking | |||||
μετ᾽P44 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | eo | eo | with | ܡܡܠܠܝܢ | with | αὐτοῦ | with | |||||
αὐτοῦ.¶P44 | Him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | Him. | αυτου | | | loquentes | loquentes | Him. | ܥܡܗ | Him. | συλλαλοῦντες | Him. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:6 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||