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 | ||||||||||||
μνημειωP5 · P66 | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܡܪܝܡ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | |||||
εξωP5 · P66 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
κλαιουσαP5 · P66 | had stood | εἱστήκει | had stood | ειστηκει | | | stabat | stabat | had stood | ܩܝܡܐ | had stood | εἱστήκει | had stood | |||||
ωσP5 · P66 | at | πρὸς | at | προς | | | ad | ad | at | — | — | πρὸς | at | |||||
ουνP5 · P66 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | monimentum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
εκλαιενP5 · P66 | tomb | μνημείῳ | tomb | — | | | foris | foris | tomb | ܗܘܬ | tomb | μνημεῖον | tomb | |||||
παρεκυψενP5 · P66 | outside | ἔξω | outside | — | | | plorabat | plorans | outside | ܠܘܬ | outside | κλαίουσα | outside | |||||
εισP5 · P66 | weeping. | κλαίουσα. | weeping. | — | | | cum | Dum | weeping. | ܩܒܪܐ | weeping. | ἔξω | weeping. | |||||
τοP5 · P66 | As | ὡς | As | — | | | ergo | ergo | As | ܘܒܟܝܐ | As | ὡς | As | |||||
μνημειονP5 · P66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | — | fleret | therefore | ܘܟܕ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
ἔκλαιεν,P5 · P66 | she was weeping, | ἔκλαιεν, | she was weeping, | — | | | in | inclinavit | she was weeping, | — | — | ἔκλαιεν | she was weeping, | |||||
παρέκυψενP5 · P66 | she stooped down | παρέκυψεν | she stooped down | — | | | ploraret | se | she stooped down | ܒܟܝܐ | she stooped down | παρέκυψεν | she stooped down | |||||
εἰςP5 · P66 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | et | et | into | ܐܕܝܩܬ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τὸP5 · P66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | prospexit | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μνημεῖον,P5 · P66 | tomb, | μνημεῖον, | tomb, | μνημιον | | | monimentum | in | tomb, | ܒܩܒܪܐ | tomb, | μνημεῖον | tomb, | |||||
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