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 | ||||||||||||
ετρεχονP66 | Were running | ἔτρεχον | Were running | ετρεχον | | | currebant | Currebant | Were running | ܘܪܗܛܝܢ | Were running | Ἔτρεχον | Were running | |||||
δεP66 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οιP66 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | monimentum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
δυοP66 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | ambo | duo | two | ܬܪܝܗܘܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
ομουP66 | together; | ὁμοῦ· | together; | ομου | | | in | simul | together; | ܐܟܚܕܐ | together; | ὁμοῦ | together; | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αλλοσP66 | other | ἄλλος | other | αλλος | | | se | ille | other | ܕܝܢ | other | ἄλλος | other | |||||
μαθητησP66 | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | μαθητης | | | alius | alius | disciple | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | |||||
προεδραμενP66 | ran ahead | προέδραμεν | ran ahead | προεδραμεν | | | discipulus | discipulus | ran ahead | — | — | προέδραμεν | ran ahead | |||||
ταχιονP66 | quicker | τάχιον | quicker | ταχιον | | | autem | præcucurrit | quicker | ܪܗܛ | quicker | τάχιον | quicker | |||||
τουP66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | praecucurrit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
πετρουP66 | than Peter | Πέτρου | than Peter | πετρου | | | citius | citius | than Peter | ܩܕܡܗ | than Peter | Πέτρου | than Peter | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | petrum | Petro | and | ܠܫܡܥܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηλθενP66 | came | ἦλθεν | came | ηλθεν | | | — | et | came | ܘܐܬܐ | came | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
πρωτοσP66 | first | πρῶτος | first | πρωτος | | | uenit | venit | first | ܩܕܡܝܐ | first | πρῶτος | first | |||||
εισP66 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | prior | primus | to | ܠܒܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τοP66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | ante | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μνημειονP66 | tomb, | μνημεῖον, | tomb, | μνημιον | | | in | ad | tomb, | ܩܒܘܪܐ | tomb, | μνημεῖον | tomb, | |||||
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