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 | ܘܩܪܒ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | προσελθὼν | having come to them | προσελθων | | | accedens | accedens | having come to them | ܝܫܘܥ | having come to them | προσελθὼν | having come to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | locutus | locutus | Jesus | ܥܡܗܘܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἐλάλησεν | spoke | ελαλησεν | | | est | est | spoke | ܘܐܡܪ | spoke | ἐλάλησεν | spoke | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܐܬܝܗܒ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| — | ἐδόθη | Has been given | εδοθη | | | data | Data | Has been given | ܠܝ | Has been given | Ἐδόθη | Has been given | ||||||
| — | μοι | to Me | μοι | | | est | est | to Me | ܟܠ | to Me | μοι | to Me | ||||||
| — | πᾶσα | all | πασα | | | mihi | mihi | all | ܫܘܠܛܢ | all | πᾶσα | all | ||||||
| — | ἐξουσία | authority | εξουσια | | | omnis | omnis | authority | ܒܫܡܝܐ | authority | ἐξουσία | authority | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | potestas | potestas | in | ܘܒܐܪܥܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῷ | heaven | — | | | in | in | heaven | ܘܐܝܟܢܐ | heaven | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | caelis | cælo | and | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | et | et | on | ܐܒܝ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | super | — | — | — | — | γῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς. | earth. | γης | | | terram | terra | earth. | ܐܢܐ | earth. | γῆς. | earth. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 1:7 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||