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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
αποκριθεισP3 · P45 · P75 | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | αποκριθεις | | | autem | Et | Answering | ܥܢܐ | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | |||||
δεP3 · P45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | respondens | respondens | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP3 · P45 · P75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | — | | | dixit | dixit | He said | ܝܫܘܥ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
κσP3 · P45 · P75 | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | — | | | — | illi | to her | ܘܐܡܪ | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | |||||
ειπενP3 · P45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αυτηιP3 · P45 · P75 | Lord; | κύριος· | Lord; | — | | | martha | Martha | Lord; | ܠܗ | Lord; | Ἰησοῦς | Lord; | |||||
μαρθαP3 · P45 · P75 | Martha | Μάρθα | Martha | μαρθα | | | martha | Martha | Martha | — | — | Μάρθα | Martha | |||||
μαρθαP3 · P45 · P75 | Martha, | Μάρθα, | Martha, | μαρθα | | | — | sollicita | Martha, | ܡܪܬܐ | Martha, | Μάρθα | Martha, | |||||
μεριμνασP3 · P45 · P75 | you are anxious | μεριμνᾷς | you are anxious | — | | | — | es | you are anxious | ܡܪܬܐ | you are anxious | μεριμνᾷς | you are anxious | |||||
καιP3 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | ei | et | and | ܝܨܦܬܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
θορυβαζηP3 · P45 · P75 | troubled | θορυβάζῃ | troubled | θορυβαζη | | | turbas | turbaris | troubled | ܘܪܗܝܒܬܝ | troubled | τυρβάζῃ | troubled | |||||
περιP3 · P45 · P75 | about | περὶ | about | — | | | — | erga | about | ܥܠ | about | περὶ | about | |||||
πολλαP3 · P45 · P75 | many things, | πολλά, | many things, | — | | | te | plurima | many things, | ܤܓܝܐܬܐ | many things, | πολλά | many things, | |||||
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