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 | ||||||||||||
μεταP66 · P75 | After | Μετὰ | After | μετα | | | post | Post | After | ܘܒܬܪ | After | Μετὰ | After | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | uiduum | duos | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
τασP66 · P75 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
δυοP66 · P75 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | autem | autem | two | ܝܘܡܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
ημερασP66 · P75 | days | ἡμέρας | days | ημερας | | | — | dies | days | ܢܦܩ | days | ἡμέρας | days | |||||
εξηλθενP66 · P75 | He went forth | ἐξῆλθεν | He went forth | εξηλθεν | | | exiit | exiit | He went forth | — | — | ἐξῆλθεν | He went forth | |||||
εκειθενP66 · P75 | from there | ἐκεῖθεν | from there | εκειθεν | | | inde | inde | from there | ܝܫܘܥ | from there | ἐκεῖθεν | from there | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | went away | ἀπῆλθεν | went away | — | | | — | abiit | went away | ܬܡܢ | went away | ἀπῆλθεν | went away | |||||
γαλιλαιανP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܘܐܙܠ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τὴνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
Γαλιλαίαν.P66 · P75 | Galilee. | Γαλιλαίαν. | Galilee. | γαλιλαιαν | | | galilaeam | Galilæam | Galilee. | ܠܓܠܝܠܐ | Galilee. | Γαλιλαίαν | Galilee. | |||||
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