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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP66 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | ? | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܥܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
εισηλθενP66 | entered | εἰσῆλθεν | entered | εισηλθεν | | | introibit | introivit | ? | — | — | εἰσῆλθεν | entered | |||||
καιP66 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | et | et | and | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
οP66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | credidit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αλλοσP66 | other | ἄλλος | other | αλλος | | | alius | ille | he/that | ܗܘ | other | ἄλλος | other | |||||
μαθητησP66 | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | μαθητης | | | discipulus | discipulus | ? | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | |||||
οP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ελθωνP66 | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | — | | | qui | qui | who/which | — | — | ἐλθὼν | having come | |||||
πρωτοσP66 | first | πρῶτος | first | πρωτος | | | uenerat | venerat | ? | ܕܐܬܐ | first | πρῶτος | first | |||||
εισP66 | to | εἰς | to | — | | | prior | primus | ? | ܩܕܡܝܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τοP66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μνημειονP66 | tomb | μνημεῖον | tomb | μνημιον | | | in | monumentum | ? | ܠܒܝܬ | tomb | μνημεῖον | tomb | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | monimentum | et | and | ܩܒܘܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιδενP66 | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | ϊδεν | | | et | vidit | saw | — | — | εἶδεν | he saw | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | uidit | et | and | ܘܚܙܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
επιστευσενP66 | believed; | ἐπίστευσεν· | believed; | επιστευσεν | | | et | credidit | ? | ܘܗܝܡܢ | believed; | ἐπίστευσεν | believed; | |||||
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