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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܐܝܬ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP45 · P75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
γυνηP45 · P75 | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | γυνη | | | mulier | mulier | a woman | ܬܡܢ | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | |||||
πναP45 · P75 | was | ἦν | was | — | | | infirmitate | quæ | was | ܐܢܬܬܐ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
εχουσαP45 · P75 | a spirit | πνεῦμα | a spirit | — | | | sps | habebat | a spirit | ܕܐܝܬ | a spirit | πνεῦμα | a spirit | |||||
ασθενειασP45 · P75 | having | ἔχουσα | having | — | | | xviii | spiritum | having | ܗܘܬ | having | ἔχουσα | having | |||||
ετηP45 · P75 | of infirmity | ἀσθενείας | of infirmity | ασθενεια | | | in | infirmitatis | of infirmity | ܠܗ | of infirmity | ἀσθενείας | of infirmity | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | years | ἔτη | years | — | | | annos | annis | years | ܪܘܚܐ | years | ἔτη | years | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | eighteen | δεκαοκτὼ | eighteen | — | | | erat | decem | eighteen | ܕܟܘܪܗܢܐ | eighteen | δέκα | eighteen | |||||
συγκυπτουσαP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | et | et | And | ܫܢܝܢ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | she was | ἦν | she was | ην | | | non | octo | she was | ܬܡܢܥܤܪܐ | she was | ὀκτώ | she was | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | bent over | συγκύπτουσα | bent over | — | | | et | et | bent over | ܘܟܦܝܦܐ | bent over | καὶ | bent over | |||||
δυναμενηP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | erat | erat | and | ܗܘܬ | and | ἦν | and | |||||
ανακυψαιP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | incumbens | inclinata | not | ܘܠܐ | not | συγκύπτουσα | not | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | able | δυναμένη | able | δυναμενη | | | se | nec | able | ܡܫܟܚܐ | able | καὶ | able | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | to lift up herself | ἀνακύψαι | to lift up herself | ανακυψαι | | | erigere | omnino | to lift up herself | ܗܘܬ | to lift up herself | μὴ | to lift up herself | |||||
παντελεσP45 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | poterat | poterat | to | ܕܬܬܦܫܛ | to | δυναμένη | to | |||||
τὸP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | in | — | — | — | — | ἀνακύψαι | the | |||||
παντελές.P45 · P75 | full. | παντελές. | full. | παντελες | | | totum | respicere | full. | ܠܓܡܪ | full. | εἰς | full. | |||||
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