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 | ܘܫܒܩܗ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | καταλιπὼν | having left | καταλειπων | | | reliquens | relicta | having left | ܠܢܨܪܬ | having left | καταλιπὼν | having left | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | cafarnaum | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ναζαρά, | Nazareth, | — | | | nazareth | Nazareth | Nazareth, | ܘܐܬܐ | Nazareth, | Ναζαρέτ | Nazareth, | ||||||
| — | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | ueniens | venit | having come | — | — | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | κατῴκησεν | he dwelt | — | | | et | et | he dwelt | ܥܡܪ | he dwelt | κατῴκησεν | he dwelt | ||||||
| — | εἰς | at | εις | | | habitabit | habitavit | at | ܒܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ | at | εἰς | at | ||||||
| — | Καφαρναοὺμ | Capernaum | καφαρναουμ | | | in | in | Capernaum | ܥܠ | Capernaum | Καπερναοὺμ | Capernaum | ||||||
| — | τὴν | which | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | which | ||||||
| — | παραθαλασσίαν | is on the sea-side | — | | | maritimam | maritima | is on the sea-side | ܝܕ | is on the sea-side | παραθαλασσίαν | is on the sea-side | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܝܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ὁρίοις | the region | οριοις | | | finibus | finibus | the region | — | — | ὁρίοις | the region | ||||||
| — | Ζαβουλὼν | of Zebulun | ζαβουλων | | | zabulon | Zabulon | of Zebulun | ܒܬܚܘܡܐ | of Zebulun | Ζαβουλὼν | of Zebulun | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | in | et | and | ܕܙܒܘܠܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Νεφθαλίμ, | of Naphtali, | νεφθαλειμ | | | nephalim | Nephthalim | of Naphtali, | ܘܕܢܦܬܠܝ | of Naphtali, | Νεφθαλείμ | of Naphtali, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 4:22 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||