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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | si | si | if | ܐܫܬܡܥܬ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ἀκουσθῇ | shall be heard | ακουσθη | | | hoc | hoc | shall be heard | ܗܕܐ | shall be heard | ἀκουσθῇ | shall be heard | ||||||
| — | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | auditum | auditum | this | ܩܕܡ | this | τοῦτο | this | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | by | — | | | fuerit | fuerit | by | ܗܓܡܘܢܐ | by | ἐπὶ | by | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | a | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ἡγεμόνος, | governor, | ηγεμονος | | | praeside | præside | governor, | ܡܦܝܤܝܢ | governor, | ἡγεμόνος | governor, | ||||||
| — | ἡμεῖς | we ourselves | ημεις | | | nos | nos | we ourselves | ܚܢܢ | we ourselves | ἡμεῖς | we ourselves | ||||||
| — | πείσομεν | will persuade | πεισομεν | | | suademus | suadebimus | will persuade | ܠܗ | will persuade | πείσομεν | will persuade | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | ei | ei | him | ܘܠܟܘܢ | him | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | securos | securos | you | ܨܦܬܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ||||||
| — | ἀμερίμνους | out of trouble | αμεριμνους | | | uos | vos | out of trouble | ܥܒܕܝܢ | out of trouble | ἀμερίμνους | out of trouble | ||||||
| — | ποιήσομεν.¶ | will keep. | ποιησομεν | | | faciemus | faciemus | will keep. | ܚܢܢ | will keep. | ποιήσομεν | will keep. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 1:7 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||