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 | ||||||||||||
καιP3 · P45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | cui | et | And | ܘܐܝܬ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
τηιδεP3 · P45 · P75 | she | τῇδε | she | τηδε | | | — | huic | she | ܗܘܬ | she | τῇδε | she | |||||
ηνP3 · P45 · P75 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܠܗ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
αδελφηP3 · P45 · P75 | a sister | ἀδελφὴ | a sister | αδελφη | | | soror | soror | a sister | ܚܬܐ | a sister | ἀδελφὴ | a sister | |||||
καλουμενηP3 · P45 · P75 | being called | καλουμένη | being called | καλουμενη | | | nomine | nomine | being called | ܕܫܡܗ | being called | καλουμένη | being called | |||||
μαριαP3 · P45 · P75 | Mary. | Μαριάμ. | Mary. | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary. | ܡܪܝܡ | Mary. | Μαρία | Mary. | |||||
καιP3 · P45 · P75 | She | ἣ | She | η | | | quae | — | — | — | — | ἣ | She | |||||
παρακαθισασαP3 · P45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | — | etiam | also | ܝܬܒܬ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
παραP3 · P45 · P75 | having sat down | παρακαθεσθεῖσα | having sat down | παρα | | | adsidens | sedens | having sat down | ܠܗ | having sat down | παρακαθίσασα | having sat down | |||||
τουσP3 · P45 · P75 | at | πρὸς | at | — | | | — | secus | at | ܠܘܬ | at | παρὰ | at | |||||
ποδασP3 · P45 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
τουP3 · P45 · P75 | feet | πόδας | feet | ποδας | | | pedes | pedes | feet | ܪܓܠܘܗܝ | feet | πόδας | feet | |||||
ιηP3 · P45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
ηκουσενP3 · P45 · P75 | Lord | κυρίου | Lord | κυ | | | — | Domini | Lord | ܕܡܪܢ | Lord | Ἰησοῦ | Lord | |||||
τονP3 · P45 · P75 | was listening to | ἤκουεν | was listening to | ηκουε | | | audiebat | audiebat | was listening to | ܘܫܡܥܐ | was listening to | ἤκουεν | was listening to | |||||
λογονP3 · P45 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
αυτουP3 · P45 · P75 | word | λόγον | word | λογον | | | uerbum | verbum | word | ܗܘܬ | word | λόγον | word | |||||
αὐτοῦ.P3 · P45 · P75 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | — | | | dmi | illius | of Him. | ܡܠܘܗܝ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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