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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | dismitte | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܕܝܢ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
αφεσP66 · P75 | do leave alone | ἄφες | do leave alone | αφες | | | — | Sinite | do leave alone | — | — | Ἄφες | do leave alone | |||||
αυτηνP66 · P75 | her, | αὐτήν, | her, | αυτην | | | illam | illam | her, | ܝܫܘܥ | her, | αὐτήν | her, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | — | — | εἰς | so that | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | for | εἰς | for | εις | | | in | in | for | ܫܒܘܩܝܗ | for | τὴν | for | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡμέραν | the | |||||
ημερανP66 · P75 | day | ἡμέραν | day | ημεραν | | | diem | diem | day | ܠܝܘܡܐ | day | τοῦ | day | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐνταφιασμοῦ | of the | |||||
ενταφιασμουP66 · P75 | burial | ἐνταφιασμοῦ | burial | ενταφιασμου | | | sepulturae | sepulturæ | burial | — | — | μου | burial | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | — | | | — | meæ | of Mine | ܕܩܒܘܪܝ | of Mine | τετήρηκεν | of Mine | |||||
τηρησηP66 · P75 | she may keep | τηρήσῃ | she may keep | τηρηση | | | seruet | servet | she may keep | — | — | αὐτό | she may keep | |||||
αυτοP66 · P75 | it; | αὐτό· | it; | αυτο | | | illud | illud | it; | ܢܛܪܬܗ | it; | αὐτό· | it; | |||||
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