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 | ||||||||||||
αυτωνP141 · P75 | Of them | αὐτῶν | Of them | — | | | et | Et | Of them | ܘܡܚܕܐ | Of them | Αὐτῶν | Of them | |||||
δεP141 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | aperti | aperti | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
διηνοιχθησανP141 · P75 | were opened | διηνοίχθησαν | were opened | — | | | sunt | sunt | were opened | ܐܬܦܬܚ | were opened | διηνοίχθησαν | were opened | |||||
οιP141 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | — | | | oculi | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
οφθαλμοιP141 · P75 | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὶ | eyes | — | | | eorum | eorum | eyes | ܥܝܢܝܗܘܢ | eyes | ὀφθαλμοί | eyes | |||||
καιP141 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
επεγνωσανP141 · P75 | they knew | ἐπέγνωσαν | they knew | — | | | cognouerunt | cognoverunt | they knew | ܘܐܫܬܘܕܥܘܗܝ | they knew | ἐπέγνωσαν | they knew | |||||
αυτονP141 · P75 | Him; | αὐτόν· | Him; | — | | | eum | eum | Him; | — | — | αὐτόν | Him; | |||||
καιP141 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | accipientium | et | And | ܘܗܘ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
αυτοςP141 · P75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | — | | | ipse | ipse | He himself | — | — | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
αφαντοςP141 · P75 | vanished | ἄφαντος | vanished | — | | | panem | evanuit | vanished | ܐܫܬܩܠ | vanished | ἄφαντος | vanished | |||||
εγενετοP141 · P75 | being seen | ἐγένετο | being seen | — | | | — | ex | being seen | ܠܗ | being seen | ἐγένετο | being seen | |||||
απP141 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | — | oculis | from | — | — | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
αυτωνP141 · P75 | them. | αὐτῶν. | them. | αυτων | | | eo | eorum | them. | ܡܢܗܘܢ | them. | αὐτῶν | them. | |||||
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