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 | ||||||||||||
εξηλθενP66 | Went forth | Ἐξῆλθεν | Went forth | εξηλθεν | | | exiuit | Exiit | ? | ܘܢܦܩ | Went forth | Ἐξῆλθεν | Went forth | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܫܡܥܘܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | monimentum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
πετροσP66 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | petrus | Petrus | ? | ܘܗܘ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP66 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αλλοσP66 | other | ἄλλος | other | αλλος | | | — | ille | he/that | — | — | ἄλλος | other | |||||
μαθητησP66 | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | μαθητης | | | alius | alius | ? | ܐܚܪܢܐ | disciple | μαθητής | disciple | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | discipulus | discipulus | ? | ܘܐܬܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηρχοντοP66 | were coming | ἤρχοντο | were coming | — | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܘ | were coming | ἤρχοντο | were coming | |||||
εισP66 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | ueniebant | venerunt | came | ܠܒܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τοP66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μνημειονP66 | tomb; | μνημεῖον· | tomb; | μνημιον | | | ad | monumentum | ? | ܩܒܘܪܐ | tomb; | μνημεῖον | tomb; | |||||
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