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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Οἱ | <the> | οι | | | eis | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | undecim | Undecim | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἕνδεκα | the eleven | ενδεκα | | | autem | autem | the eleven | ܕܝܢ | the eleven | ἕνδεκα | the eleven | ||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܚܕܥܤܪ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| — | ἐπορεύθησαν | went | επορευθησαν | | | abierunt | abierunt | went | — | — | ἐπορεύθησαν | went | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܐܙܠܘ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Γαλιλαίαν | Galilee | γαλιλαιαν | | | galilaeam | Galilæam | Galilee | ܠܓܠܝܠܐ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίαν | Galilee | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܛܘܪܐ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄρος | mountain | ορος | | | montem | montem | mountain | ܐܝܟܐ | mountain | ὄρος | mountain | ||||||
| — | οὗ | where | ου | | | ubi | ubi | where | — | — | οὗ | where | ||||||
| — | ἐτάξατο | assigned | εταξατο | | | constituerat | constituerat | assigned | ܕܘܥܕ | assigned | ἐτάξατο | assigned | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | — | illis | to them | ܐܢܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς. | Jesus. | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus. | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 1:7 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||