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 | ||||||||||||
ερχεταιP66 | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | Venit | Comes | ܐܬܐ | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | |||||
ουνP66 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | then | ܕܝܢ | then | οὖν | then | |||||
καιP66 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | simon | Simon | also | — | — | Σίμων | also | |||||
σιμωνP66 | Simon | Σίμων | Simon | σιμων | | | petrus | Petrus | Simon | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Simon | Πέτρος | Simon | |||||
πετροσP66 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | sequens | sequens | Peter | ܒܬܪܗ | Peter | ἀκολουθῶν | Peter | |||||
ακολουθωνP66 | following | ἀκολουθῶν | following | ακολουθων | | | eum | eum | following | — | — | αὐτῷ | following | |||||
αυτωP66 | after him | αὐτῷ | after him | αυτω | | | et | et | after him | ܘܥܠ | after him | καὶ | after him | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | lentiamina | — | — | ܠܒܝܬ | and | εἰσῆλθεν | and | |||||
εισηλθενP66 | he entered | εἰσῆλθεν | he entered | εισηλθεν | | | introibit | introivit | he entered | ܩܒܘܪܐ | he entered | εἰς | he entered | |||||
εισP66 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | — | — | τὸ | into | |||||
τοP66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | μνημεῖον | the | |||||
μνημειονP66 | tomb | μνημεῖον, | tomb | μνημιον | | | monimentum | monumentum | tomb | ܘܚܙܐ | tomb | καὶ | tomb | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܬܢܐ | and | θεωρεῖ | and | |||||
θεωρειP66 | sees | θεωρεῖ | sees | θεωρει | | | uidet | vidit | sees | — | — | τὰ | sees | |||||
ταP66 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὀθόνια | the | |||||
οθονιαP66 | linen cloths | ὀθόνια | linen cloths | οθονια | | | — | linteamina | linen cloths | ܟܕ | linen cloths | κείμενα | linen cloths | |||||
κειμεναP66 | lying there | κείμενα | lying there | κιμενα | | | posita | posita | lying there | ܤܝܡܝܢ | lying there | κείμενα | lying there | |||||
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