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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP5 · P66 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
αυτηP5 · P66 | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | αυτη | | | ei | ei | to him | ܠܗ | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | |||||
ιησP5 · P66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
μαριαμP5 · P66 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
στραφεισαP5 · P66 | Mary. | Μαριάμ. | Mary. | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | — | — | Μαρία | Mary. | |||||
εκεινηP5 · P66 | Having turned around | στραφεῖσα | Having turned around | στραφεισα | | | conuersa | Conversa | ? | ܡܪܝܡ | Having turned around | Στραφεῖσα | Having turned around | |||||
λεγειP5 · P66 | she | ἐκείνη | she | εκεινη | | | illa | illa | she/that | ܘܐܬܦܢܝܬ | she | ἐκείνη | she | |||||
αυτωP5 · P66 | says | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | ebraice | dicit | says | ܘܐܡܪܐ | says | λέγει | says | |||||
εβραιστιP5 · P66 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | dicit | ei | to him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
ραββουνιP5 · P66 | in Hebrew; | Ἑβραϊστί· | in Hebrew; | εβραϊστι | | | ei | Rabboni | ? | ܥܒܪܐܝܬ | in Hebrew; | Ῥαββουνί- | in Hebrew; | |||||
οP5 · P66 | Rabboni, | ραββουνι, | Rabboni, | — | | | rabboni | quod | which/that | — | — | ὃ | Rabboni, | |||||
λεγεταιP5 · P66 | that | ὃ | that | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | λέγεται | that | |||||
διδασκαλεP5 · P66 | is to say, | λέγεται, | is to say, | λεγεται | | | dicitur | dicitur | ? | ܕܡܬܐܡܪ | is to say, | Διδάσκαλε | is to say, | |||||
διδάσκαλε.P5 · P66 | Teacher. | διδάσκαλε. | Teacher. | διδασκαλε | | | magister | Magister | ? | ܡܠܦܢܐ | Teacher. | διδάσκαλε. | Teacher. | |||||
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