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 | ||||||||||||
ηλθενP66 | Came | ἦλθεν | Came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | Venit | Came | ܘܐܬܐ | Came | Ἦλθεν | Came | |||||
δεP66 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
καιP66 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܢܝܩܕܡܘܤ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
νικοδημοσP66 | Nicodemus | Νικόδημος | Nicodemus | — | | | nicodemus | Nicodemus | Nicodemus | ܗܘ | Nicodemus | Νικόδημος | Nicodemus | |||||
οP66 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | centum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
ελθωνP66 | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | qui | qui | having come | ܕܐܬܐ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | |||||
προσP66 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | uenerat | venerat | to | ܗܘܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | murrae | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
νυκτοσP66 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | ad | ad | Him | ܡܢ | Him | Ἰησοῦν | Him | |||||
τοP66 | by night | νυκτὸς | by night | νυκτος | | | ihm | Jesum | by night | ܩܕܝܡ | by night | νυκτὸς | by night | |||||
πρωτονP66 | at the | τὸ | at the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | at the | |||||
φερωνP66 | first | πρῶτον | first | πρωτον | | | nocte | nocte | first | ܠܘܬ | first | πρῶτον | first | |||||
μιγμαP66 | bearing | φέρων | bearing | φερων | | | primum | primum | bearing | ܝܫܘܥ | bearing | φέρων | bearing | |||||
σμυρνησP66 | a mixture | μίγμα | a mixture | μιγμα | | | ferens | ferens | a mixture | ܒܠܠܝܐ | a mixture | μίγμα | a mixture | |||||
καιP66 | of myrrh | σμύρνης | of myrrh | — | | | mixturam | mixturam | of myrrh | ܘܐܝܬܝ | of myrrh | σμύρνης | of myrrh | |||||
αλοησP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | myrrhæ | and | ܥܡܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ωσειP66 | aloes | ἀλόης | aloes | αλοης | | | et | et | aloes | ܚܘܢܛܬܐ | aloes | ἀλόης | aloes | |||||
λιτρασP66 | about | ὡς | about | ως | | | aloes | aloës | about | ܕܡܘܪܐ | about | ὡς | about | |||||
εκατονP66 | litras | λίτρας | litras | λιτρας | | | quasi | quasi | litras | ܘܕܥܠܘܝ | litras | λίτρας | litras | |||||
ἑκατόν.¶P66 | a hundred. | ἑκατόν.¶ | a hundred. | εκατον | | | libras | libras | a hundred. | ܐܝܟ | a hundred. | ἑκατόν | a hundred. | |||||
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