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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ελθωνP66 · P75 | Having come | ἐλθὼν | Having come | — | | | uenit | Venit | Having come | ܘܐܬܐ | Having come | Ἐλθὼν | Having come | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | itaque | therefore | ܝܫܘܥ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | habentem | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܠܒܝܬ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ευρενP66 · P75 | found | εὗρεν | found | ευρεν | | | et | et | found | ܥܢܝܐ | found | εὗρεν | found | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | in | invenit | him | ܘܐܫܟܚ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
ηδηP66 · P75 | four | τέσσαρας | four | τεσσαρας | | | eum | eum | four | ܕܐܪܒܥܐ | four | τέσσαρας | four | |||||
τεσσαρεσP66 · P75 | already | ἤδη | already | — | | | quattuor | quatuor | already | ܠܗ | already | ἡμέρας | already | |||||
ημερασP66 · P75 | days | ἡμέρας | days | ημερας | | | dies | dies | days | ܝܘܡܝܢ | days | ἤδη | days | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | having been | ἔχοντα | having been | — | | | bethaniam | jam | having been | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | having been | ἔχοντα | having been | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | inuenit | in | in | ܒܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
μνημειωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
εχονταP66 · P75 | tomb. | μνημείῳ. | tomb. | μνημειω | | | monumento | monumento | tomb. | ܩܒܘܪܐ | tomb. | μνημείῳ | tomb. | |||||
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