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 | ||||||||||||
τουτοP122 | This is | τοῦτο | This is | τουτο | | | hoc | Hoc | This is | ܗܕܐ | This is | Τοῦτο | This is | |||||
ηδηP122 | now | ἤδη | now | ηδη | | | iam | jam | now | ܕܬܠܬ | now | ἤδη | now | |||||
τριτονP122 | the third time | τρίτον | the third time | τριτον | | | tertium | tertio | the third time | ܙܒܢܝܢ | the third time | τρίτον | the third time | |||||
εφανερωθηP122 | was revealed | ἐφανερώθη | was revealed | εφανερωθη | | | manifestatus | manifestatus | was revealed | ܐܬܚܙܝ | was revealed | ἐφανερώθη | was revealed | |||||
τοισP122 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
μαθηταισP122 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τοῖςP122 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | discipulis | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
μαθηταῖςP122 | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | μαθηταις | | | suis | suis | disciples | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | |||||
αὐτοῦP122 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | surgens | cum | of him | ܟܕ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ἐγερθεὶςP122 | having been raised | ἐγερθεὶς | having been raised | εγερθεις | | | — | resurrexisset | having been raised | ܩܡ | having been raised | ἐγερθεὶς | having been raised | |||||
ἐκP122 | out from | ἐκ | out from | εκ | | | a | a | out from | ܡܢ | out from | ἐκ | out from | |||||
νεκρῶν.¶P122 | the dead. | νεκρῶν.¶ | the dead. | νεκρων | | | mortuis | mortuis | the dead. | ܒܝܬ | the dead. | νεκρῶν | the dead. | |||||
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