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 | At that time | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | At that time | ܗܝܕܝܢ | At that time | Τότε | At that time | ||||||
| — | ἐξεπορεύετο | were going out | εξεπορευετο | | | exiebat | exibat | were going out | ܢܦܩܐ | were going out | ἐξεπορεύετο | were going out | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܗܘܬ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | ܠܘܬܗ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμα | | | hierusolima | Jerosolyma | Jerusalem | ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πᾶσα | all | πασα | | | omnis | omnis | all | ܘܟܠܗ | all | πᾶσα | all | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | η | | | iordanen | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰουδαία | Judea | ϊουδαια | | | iudaea | Judæa | Judea | ܝܗܘܕ | Judea | Ἰουδαία | Judea | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܟܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πᾶσα | all | πασα | | | omnis | omnis | all | ܐܬܪܐ | all | πᾶσα | all | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | περίχωρος | region around | περιχωρος | | | regio | regio | region around | ܕܚܕܪܝ | region around | περίχωρος | region around | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | Ἰορδάνου, | Jordan, | ϊορδανου | | | circa | circa | Jordan, | ܝܘܪܕܢܢ | Jordan, | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 3:9 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||