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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐν | among | εν | | | in | inter | among | ܕܚܕܐ | among | ἐν | among | ||||||
| — | αἷς | whom | αις | | | quibus | quas | whom | ܡܢܗܝܢ | whom | αἷς | whom | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | — | — | ἦν | was | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܡܪܝܡ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Μαγδαληνὴ | Magdalene | μαγδαληνη | | | magdalene | Magdalene | Magdalene | ܡܓܕܠܝܬܐ | Magdalene | Μαγδαληνή | Magdalene | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܘܡܪܝܡ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | she | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | she | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰακώβου | of James | ϊακωβου | | | iacobi | Jacobi | of James | ܐܡܗ | of James | Ἰακώβου | of James | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰωσὴφ | of Joseph | ϊωσηφ | | | ioseph | Joseph | of Joseph | — | — | Ἰωσῆ | of Joseph | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | the mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | the mother | ܘܕܝܘܤܐ | the mother | μήτηρ | the mother | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | — | — | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | υἱῶν | sons | ϋιων | | | filiorum | filiorum | sons | ܕܒܢܝ | sons | υἱῶν | sons | ||||||
| — | Ζεβεδαίου.¶ | of Zebedee. | — | | | zebedaei | Zebedæi | of Zebedee. | ܙܒܕܝ | of Zebedee. | Ζεβεδαίου | of Zebedee. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||