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 | ||||||||||||
| — | γῆ | Land | γη | | | terra | Terra | Land | ܐܪܥܐ | Land | Γῆ | Land | ||||||
| — | Ζαβουλὼν | of Zebulun | ζαβουλων | | | zabulon | Zabulon | of Zebulun | ܕܙܒܘܠܘܢ | of Zebulun | Ζαβουλὼν | of Zebulun | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܪܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | γῆ | land | — | | | — | terra | land | ܕܢܦܬܠܝ | land | γῆ | land | ||||||
| — | Νεφθαλίμ, | of Naphtali, | — | | | neptalim | Nephthalim | of Naphtali, | ܐܘܪܚܐ | of Naphtali, | Νεφθαλείμ | of Naphtali, | ||||||
| — | ὁδὸν | way | οδον | | | uiam | via | way | — | — | ὁδὸν | way | ||||||
| — | θαλάσσης | of the sea | θαλασσης | | | maris | maris | of the sea | ܕܝܡܐ | of the sea | θαλάσσης | of the sea | ||||||
| — | πέραν | beyond | περαν | | | trans | trans | beyond | ܥܒܪܘܗܝ | beyond | πέραν | beyond | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | Ἰορδάνου, | Jordan, | ϊορδανου | | | iordanen | Jordanem | Jordan, | ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ | Jordan, | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan, | ||||||
| — | Γαλιλαία | Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galileae | Galilæa | Galilee | ܓܠܝܠܐ | Galilee | Γαλιλαία | Galilee | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ἐθνῶν, | Gentiles — | εθνων | | | gentium | gentium | Gentiles — | ܕܥܡܡܐ | Gentiles — | ἐθνῶν | Gentiles — | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 4:22 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||