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 | ||||||||||||
ιδωνP45 · P75 | Having seen | ἰδὼν | Having seen | ειδων | | | autem | Quam | Having seen | ܚܙܗ | Having seen | Ἰδὼν | Having seen | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | — | cum | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P75 | her | αὐτὴν | her | αυτην | | | uidens | videret | her | ܝܫܘܥ | her | αὐτὴν | her | |||||
προσεφωνησενP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | dixit | vocavit | Jesus | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ειπεP45 · P75 | called her near | προσεφώνησεν | called her near | — | | | eam | eam | called her near | ܘܩܪܗ | called her near | προσεφώνησεν | called her near | |||||
αυτηιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | ab | ad | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
γυναιP45 · P75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | — | se | He said | ܠܗ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
απολελυσαιP45 · P75 | to her; | αὐτῇ· | to her; | αυτη | | | infirmitate | et | to her; | ܐܢܬܬܐ | to her; | αὐτῇ | to her; | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | Woman, | γύναι, | Woman, | γυναι | | | tua | ait | Woman, | — | — | Γύναι | Woman, | |||||
ασθενειασP45 · P75 | you have been freed from | ἀπολέλυσαι | you have been freed from | απολελυσαι | | | illi | illi | you have been freed from | ܫܪܝܬܝ | you have been freed from | ἀπολέλυσαι | you have been freed from | |||||
σουP45 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | mulier | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
ἀσθενείαςP45 · P75 | sickness | ἀσθενείας | sickness | ασθενειας | | | dimissa | dimissa | sickness | ܡܢ | sickness | ἀσθενείας | sickness | |||||
σου.P45 · P75 | of you. | σου. | of you. | σου | | | es | es | of you. | ܟܘܪܗܢܟܝ | of you. | σου | of you. | |||||
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