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 | ||||||||||||
[[ὤφθηP69 · P75 | Appeared | [[ὤφθη | Appeared | ωφθη | | | uisus | Apparuit | Appeared | ܘܐܬܚܙܝ | Appeared | Ὤφθη | Appeared | |||||
δὲP69 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
αὐτῷP69 · P75 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | illi | illi | to Him | ܡܠܐܟܐ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
ἄγγελοςP69 · P75 | an angel | ἄγγελος | an angel | αγγελος | | | angelus | angelus | an angel | — | — | ἄγγελος | an angel | |||||
ἀπ᾽P69 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | de | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
τοῦP69 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὐρανοῦ | <the> | |||||
οὐρανοῦP69 · P75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | confortians | confortans | heaven | ܫܡܝܐ | heaven | ἐνισχύων | heaven | |||||
ἐνισχύωνP69 · P75 | strengthening | ἐνισχύων | strengthening | ενισχυων | | | eum | eum | strengthening | ܕܡܚܝܠ | strengthening | αὐτόν | strengthening | |||||
αὐτόν.P69 · P75 | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | αυτον | | | et | Et | Him. | ܠܗ | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | |||||
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