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 | ||||||||||||
πολλοιP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | multi | Multi | and | ܘܤܓܝܐܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
δεP45 · P66 · P75 | Many | Πολλοὶ | Many | πολλοι | | | autem | autem | Many | ܡܢ | Many | πολλοὶ | Many | |||||
εκP45 · P66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | hierosolymis | ex | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ἐκ | now | |||||
τωνP45 · P66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | — | Judæis | of | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | of | τῶν | of | |||||
ιουδαιωνP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰουδαίων | the | |||||
εληλυθεισανP45 · P66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܬܝܐܝܢ | Jews | ἐληλύθεισαν | Jews | |||||
προσP45 · P66 · P75 | had come | ἐληλύθεισαν | had come | εληλυθεισαν | | | uenerant | venerant | had come | — | — | πρὸς | had come | |||||
τασP45 · P66 · P75 | unto | πρὸς | unto | προς | | | ad | ad | unto | ܗܘܘ | unto | τὰς | unto | |||||
περιP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | περὶ | <the> | |||||
μαρθανP45 · P66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | — | | | martham | Martham | concerning | ܠܘܬ | concerning | Μάρθαν | concerning | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | Martha | Μάρθαν | Martha | μαρθαν | | | et | et | Martha | — | — | καὶ | Martha | |||||
μαριανP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mariam | Mariam | and | ܡܪܬܐ | and | Μαρίαν | and | |||||
ιναP45 · P66 · P75 | Mary | Μαριὰμ | Mary | μαριαμ | | | ut | ut | Mary | ܘܡܪܝܡ | Mary | ἵνα | Mary | |||||
παραμυθησωνταιP45 · P66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | consolarentur | consolarentur | that | — | — | παραμυθήσωνται | that | |||||
αυτασP45 · P66 · P75 | they may console | παραμυθήσωνται | they may console | παραμυθησωνται | | | — | — | — | ܕܢܡܠܘܢ | they may console | αὐτὰς | they may console | |||||
περιP45 · P66 · P75 | them | αὐτὰς | them | αυτας | | | eas | eas | them | ܒܠܒܗܝܢ | them | περὶ | them | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | — | — | τοῦ | concerning | |||||
αδελφουP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀδελφοῦ | the | |||||
ἀδελφοῦP45 · P66 · P75 | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | αδελφου | | | fratre | fratre | brother | ܡܛܠ | brother | αὐτῶν | brother | |||||
αὐτῶν.¶P45 · P66 · P75 | of them. | αὐτῶν.¶ | of them. | — | | | de | suo | of them. | ܐܚܘܗܝܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν.¶ | of them. | |||||
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