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 | ||||||||||||
απηλθονP66 | Went away | ἀπῆλθον | Went away | απηλθον | | | abierunt | Abierunt | Went away | ܘܐܙܠܘ | Went away | Ἀπῆλθον | Went away | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܢܘܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
παλινP66 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | iterum | iterum | again | — | — | πάλιν | again | |||||
προσP66 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | discipuli | discipuli | to | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτουσP66 | their homes | αὐτοὺς | their homes | — | | | ad | ad | their homes | ܬܘܒ | their homes | ἑαυτοὺς | their homes | |||||
οιP66 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μαθηταιP66 | disciples. | μαθηταί.¶ | disciples. | μαθηται | | | se | semetipsos | disciples. | ܠܕܘܟܬܗܘܢ | disciples. | μαθηταί | disciples. | |||||
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