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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | παραγίνεται | comes | — | | | de | venit | comes | ܐܬܐ | comes | παραγίνεται | comes | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | ad | a | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaea | Galilæa | Galilee | ܡܢ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | — | in | to | ܓܠܝܠܐ | to | ἐπὶ | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | iohannen | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | Ἰορδάνην | Jordan | ϊορδανην | | | iordanen | Jordanem | Jordan | ܠܝܘܪܕܢܢ | Jordan | Ἰορδάνην | Jordan | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | unto | προς | | | aduenit | ad | unto | ܠܘܬ | unto | πρὸς | unto | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | baptistam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | ϊωαννην | | | — | Joannem | John | — | — | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | baptizaretur | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized | βαπτισθηναι | | | ut | ut baptizaretur | to be baptized | ܝܘܚܢܢ | to be baptized | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized | ||||||
| — | ὑπ᾽ | by | ϋπ | | | ab | ab | by | ܕܢܥܡܕ | by | ὑπ’ | by | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | him. | αυτου | | | eo | eo | him | ܡܢܗ | him. | αὐτοῦ | him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 3:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||