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 | ܘܐܙܠܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἠκολούθησαν | followed | ηκολουθησαν | | | secutae | secutæ sunt | followed | ܒܬܪܗ | followed | ἠκολούθησαν | followed | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | eum | eum | him | ܟܢܫܐ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | ||||||
| — | ὄχλοι | crowds | οχλοι | | | turbae | turbæ | crowds | ܤܓܝܐܐ | crowds | ὄχλοι | crowds | ||||||
| — | πολλοὶ | great | πολλοι | | | multae | multæ | many | ܡܢ | great | πολλοὶ | great | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | de | de | from | ܓܠܝܠܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | γαλειλαιας | | | galilaea | Galilæa | Galilee | ܘܡܢ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܤܪܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Δεκαπόλεως | the Decapolis | δεκαπολεως | | | decapolim | Decapoli | the Decapolis | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | the Decapolis | Δεκαπόλεως | the Decapolis | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἱεροσολύμων | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμων | | | hierosolyma | Jerosolymis | Jerusalem | ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμων | Jerusalem | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰουδαίας | Judea | ϊουδαιας | | | iudaea | Judæa | Judea | ܝܗܘܕ | Judea | Ἰουδαίας | Judea | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πέραν | beyond | περαν | | | — | de trans | from beyond | ܥܒܪܐ | beyond | πέραν | beyond | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | trans | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | Ἰορδάνου.¶ | Jordan. | ϊορδανου | | | iordanen | Jordanem | Jordan | ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ | Jordan. | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 5:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||