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 | ||||||||||||
ηγαπαP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | was loving | Ἠγάπα | was loving | — | | | amabat | Diligebat | was loving | ܡܚܒ | was loving | Ἠγάπα | was loving | |||||
δεP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | lazarum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τηνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
μαρθανP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Martha | Μάρθαν | Martha | μαρθαν | | | marthan | Martham | Martha | ܗܘ | Martha | Μάρθαν | Martha | |||||
καιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
τηνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
αδελφηνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | sister | ἀδελφὴν | sister | αδελφην | | | sororem | sororem | sister | ܝܫܘܥ | sister | ἀδελφὴν | sister | |||||
αυτησP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | αυτης | | | eius | ejus | of her | ܠܡܪܬܐ | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | |||||
καιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | Mariam | and | ܘܠܡܪܝܡ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τονP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
λαζαρονP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Lazarus. | Λάζαρον. | Lazarus. | λαζαρον | | | et | et | Lazarus. | ܘܠܠܥܙܪ | Lazarus. | Λάζαρον | Lazarus. | |||||
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