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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | But | δὲ | But | — | | | — | Petrus | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
πετροσP75 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | — | | | — | autem | Peter | ܕܝܢ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | |||||
αναστασP75 | having risen up | ἀναστὰς | having risen up | — | | | — | surgens | having risen up | ܩܡ | having risen up | ἀναστὰς | having risen up | |||||
εδραμενP75 | he ran | ἔδραμεν | he ran | — | | | — | cucurrit | he ran | ܘܪܗܛ | he ran | ἔδραμεν | he ran | |||||
επιP75 | to | ἐπὶ | to | — | | | — | ad | to | ܠܩܒܪܐ | to | ἐπὶ | to | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μνημειονP75 | tomb, | μνημεῖον, | tomb, | — | | | — | monumentum | tomb, | ܘܐܕܝܩ | tomb, | μνημεῖον | tomb, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܚܙܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παρακυψασP75 | having stooped down | παρακύψας | having stooped down | — | | | — | procumbens | having stooped down | ܟܬܢܐ | having stooped down | παρακύψας | having stooped down | |||||
βλεπειP75 | he sees | βλέπει | he sees | — | | | — | vidit | he sees | — | — | βλέπει | he sees | |||||
ταP75 | the | τὰ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
οθονιαP75 | linen strips | ὀθόνια | linen strips | — | | | — | linteamina | linen strips | ܕܤܝܡܝܢ | linen strips | ὀθόνια | linen strips | |||||
μοναP75 | lying | κείμενα | lying | — | | | — | sola | lying | ܒܠܚܘܕ | lying | κείμενα | lying | |||||
καιP75 | alone | μόνα | alone | — | | | — | posita | alone | ܘܐܙܠ | alone | μόνα | alone | |||||
απηλθενP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܟܕ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
προσP75 | he went away | ἀπῆλθεν | he went away | — | | | — | abiit | he went away | ܡܬܕܡܪ | he went away | ἀπῆλθεν | he went away | |||||
εαυτονP75 | in | πρὸς | in | — | | | — | secum | in | ܒܢܦܫܗ | in | πρὸς | in | |||||
θαυμαζωνP75 | himself | ἑαυτὸν | himself | — | | | — | mirans | himself | ܥܠ | himself | ἑαυτὸν | himself | |||||
τοP75 | wondering at | θαυμάζων | wondering at | — | | | — | quod | wondering at | ܡܕܡ | wondering at | θαυμάζων | wondering at | |||||
γεγονοσP75 | that | τὸ | that | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that | |||||
γεγονός.¶P75 | having come to pass. | γεγονός.¶ | having come to pass. | — | | | — | factum | having come to pass. | ܕܗܘܐ | having come to pass. | γεγονός | having come to pass. | |||||
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