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 | ||||||||||||
εκειP66 | There | ἐκεῖ | There | εκει | | | ibi | Ibi | There | ܘܤܡܘܗܝ | There | Ἐκεῖ | There | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܬܡܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
διαP66 | on account of | διὰ | on account of | δια | | | propter | propter | on account of | ܠܝܫܘܥ | on account of | διὰ | on account of | |||||
τηνP66 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
παρασκευηνP66 | Preparation | παρασκευὴν | Preparation | παρασκευην | | | parasceuen | parasceven | Preparation | ܡܛܠ | Preparation | Παρασκευὴν | Preparation | |||||
τωνP66 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων, | Jews, | ϊουδαιων | | | iudęorum | Judæorum | Jews, | ܕܫܒܬܐ | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων | Jews, | |||||
οτιP66 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܥܐܠܐ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
εγγυσP66 | near | ἐγγὺς | near | εγγυς | | | iuxta | juxta | near | ܗܘܬ | near | ἐγγὺς | near | |||||
ηνP66 | was | ἦν | was | ῆν | | | erat | erat | was | ܘܡܛܠ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
τοP66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μνημειονP66 | tomb, | μνημεῖον, | tomb, | μνημιον | | | monumentum | monumentum | tomb, | ܕܩܪܝܒ | tomb, | μνημεῖον | tomb, | |||||
εθηκαP66 | they laid | ἔθηκαν | they laid | εθηκαν | | | posuerunt | posuerunt | they laid | ܗܘܐ | they laid | ἔθηκαν | they laid | |||||
τονP66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ινP66 | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν.¶ | Jesus. | ιν | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus. | ܩܒܪܐ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus. | |||||
| Next Fragment: John 20:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||