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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁμοίως | Likewise | ομοιως | | | similiter | Similiter | Likewise | ܗܟܘܬ | Likewise | Ὁμοίως | Likewise | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | secundus | secundus | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | δεύτερος | second | δευτερος | | | et | et | second | ܗܘ | second | δεύτερος | second | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | tertius | tertius | and | ܕܬܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | τρίτος | third | τριτος | | | usque | usque | third | ܘܐܦ | third | τρίτος | third | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | ad | ad | until | ܗܘ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | ἑπτά. | seventh. | επτα | | | septem | septimum | seventh. | ܕܬܠܬܐ | seventh. | ἑπτά | seventh. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||