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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πορευθέντες | Having gone | — | | | ite | euntes | Having gone | ܙܠܘ | Having gone | Πορευθέντες | Having gone | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | — | | | — | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | μαθητεύσατε | therefore | ||||||
| — | μαθητεύσατε | do disciple | μαθητευσατε | | | docete | docete | do disciple | — | — | πάντα | do disciple | ||||||
| — | πάντα | all | παντα | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܬܠܡܕܘ | all | τὰ | all | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἔθνη | the | ||||||
| — | ἔθνη | nations | εθνη | | | gentes | gentes | nations | ܟܠܗܘܢ | nations | βαπτίζοντες | nations | ||||||
| — | βαπτίζοντες | baptizing | — | | | baptizantes | baptizantes | baptizing | ܥܡܡܐ | baptizing | αὐτοὺς | baptizing | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܘܐܥܡܕܘ | them | εἰς | them | ||||||
| — | εἰς | in | εις | | | in | in | in | — | — | τὸ | in | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὄνομα | the | ||||||
| — | ὄνομα | name | ονομα | | | nomine | nomine | name | ܐܢܘܢ | name | τοῦ | name | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | nunc | — | — | — | — | Πατρὸς | of the | ||||||
| — | πατρὸς | Father | πατρος | | | patris | Patris | Father | ܒܫܡ | Father | καὶ | Father | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܒܐ | and | τοῦ | and | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Υἱοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | υἱοῦ | Son | υϊου | | | fili | Filii | Son | ܘܒܪܐ | Son | καὶ | Son | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | τοῦ | and | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἁγίου | of the | ||||||
| — | ἁγίου | Holy | αγιου | | | sps | Spiritus | Holy | ܘܪܘܚܐ | Holy | Πνεύματος | Holy | ||||||
| — | πνεύματος, | Spirit, | — | | | sancti | Sancti | Spirit, | ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | Spirit, | πνεύματος, | Spirit, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 1:7 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||