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 | ||||||||||||
καιP5 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܚܙܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
θεωρειP5 · P66 | she sees | θεωρεῖ | she sees | θεωρι | | | uidet | vidit | she sees | ܬܪܝܢ | she sees | θεωρεῖ | she sees | |||||
δυοP5 · P66 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | duos | duos | two | ܡܠܐܟܐ | two | δύο | two | |||||
αγγελουσP5 · P66 | angels | ἀγγέλους | angels | αγγελους | | | angelos | angelos | angels | ܒܚܘܪܐ | angels | ἀγγέλους | angels | |||||
ενP5 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
λευκοισP5 · P66 | white | λευκοῖς | white | — | | | albis | albis | white | ܕܝܬܒܝܢ | white | λευκοῖς | white | |||||
καθεζομενουσP5 · P66 | sitting | καθεζομένους | sitting | — | | | sedentes | sedentes | sitting | ܚܕ | sitting | καθεζομένους | sitting | |||||
εναP5 · P66 | one | ἕνα | one | ενα | | | unum | unum | one | ܡܢ | one | ἕνα | one | |||||
προσP5 · P66 | at | πρὸς | at | προς | | | ad | ad | at | ܐܤܕܘܗܝ | at | πρὸς | at | |||||
τηP5 · P66 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | erat | Jesu | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
κεφαληP5 · P66 | head | κεφαλῇ | head | κεφαλη | | | capud | caput | head | ܘܚܕ | head | κεφαλῇ | head | |||||
καιP5 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εναP5 · P66 | one | ἕνα | one | ενα | | | unum | unum | one | ܪܓܠܘܗܝ | one | ἕνα | one | |||||
προσP5 · P66 | at | πρὸς | at | προς | | | ad | ad | at | ܐܝܟܐ | at | πρὸς | at | |||||
τοισP5 · P66 | the | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
ποσινP5 · P66 | feet, | ποσίν, | feet, | — | | | pedes | pedes | feet, | — | — | ποσίν | feet, | |||||
οπουP5 · P66 | where | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | ubi | ubi | where | ܕܤܝܡ | where | ὅπου | where | |||||
εκειτοP5 · P66 | was laying | ἔκειτο | was laying | εκειτο | | | positum | positum | was laying | ܗܘܐ | was laying | ἔκειτο | was laying | |||||
τοP5 · P66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
σωμαP5 · P66 | body | σῶμα | body | σωμα | | | — | fuerat | body | ܦܓܪܗ | body | σῶμα | body | |||||
τουP5 · P66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ihu | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιηυP5 · P66 | of Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ. | of Jesus. | — | | | corpus | corpus | of Jesus. | ܕܝܫܘܥ | of Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus. | |||||
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