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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | ||||||
| — | εἰμι | am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | ds | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | θεὸς | God | — | | | — | Deus | God | ܐܠܗܗ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| — | Ἀβραὰμ | of Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | Abraham | of Abraham | — | — | Ἀβραάμ | of Abraham | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܐܒܪܗܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | θεὸς | God | — | | | ds | Deus | God | ܐܠܗܗ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| — | Ἰσαὰκ | of Isaac | — | | | isac | Isaac | of Isaac | ܕܐܝܤܚܩ | of Isaac | Ἰσαάκ | of Isaac | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܠܗܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | θεὸς | God | — | | | ds | — | — | — | — | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| — | Ἰακώβ; | of Jacob?’ | ϊακωβ | | | — | Deus | of Jacob?’ | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | of Jacob?’ | Ἰακώβ | of Jacob?’ | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | iacob | Jacob | Not | ܘܐܠܗܐ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | ||||||
| — | ἔστιν | He is | εστιν | | | non | Non | He is | ܠܐ | He is | ἔστιν | He is | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | θεὸς | God | — | | | est | est | God | ܗܘܐ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| — | θεὸς | God | — | | | ds | Deus | God | — | — | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| — | νεκρῶν | of the dead | νεκρων | | | mortuorum | mortuorum | of the dead | ܕܡܝܬܐ | of the dead | νεκρῶν | of the dead | ||||||
| — | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | ||||||
| — | ζώντων.¶ | of the living. | ζωντων | | | uiuorum | viventium | of the living. | ܕܚܝܐ | of the living. | ζώντων | of the living. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||