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 | ||||||||||||
εγειρετεP66 · P75 | He rises | ἐγείρεται | He rises | εγειρεται | | | surrexit | surgit | He rises | ܩܡ | He rises | ἐγείρεται | He rises | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | cena | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
διπνουP66 · P75 | supper | δείπνου | supper | δειπνου | | | et | et | supper | — | — | δείπνου | supper | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | ponit | ponit | and | ܚܫܡܝܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τιθησιP66 · P75 | lays aside | τίθησιν | lays aside | τιθησιν | | | uestimenta | vestimenta | lays aside | ܘܤܡ | lays aside | τίθησιν | lays aside | |||||
ταP66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | sua | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ιματιαP66 · P75 | garments, | ἱμάτια, | garments, | ϊματια | | | et | et | garments, | ܢܚܬܘܗܝ | garments, | ἱμάτια | garments, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | — | cum | And | ܘܫܩܠ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
λαβωνP66 · P75 | having taken | λαβὼν | having taken | λαβων | | | accipiens | accepisset | having taken | — | — | λαβὼν | having taken | |||||
λεντιονP66 · P75 | a towel | λέντιον | a towel | λεντιον | | | lentium | linteum | a towel | ܤܕܘܢܐ | a towel | λέντιον | a towel | |||||
διεζωσενP66 · P75 | He girded | διέζωσεν | He girded | διεζωσεν | | | cinxit | præcinxit | He girded | ܡܚܐ | He girded | διέζωσεν | He girded | |||||
εαυτονP66 · P75 | Himself. | ἑαυτόν. | Himself. | εαυτον | | | semetipsum | se | Himself. | ܒܚܨܘܗܝ | Himself. | ἑαυτόν | Himself. | |||||
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