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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | autem | Quam | And | ܚܙܗ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ιδωνP75 | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | ϊδων | | | ihs | cum | having seen | ܕܝܢ | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | |||||
αυτηνP75 | her | αὐτὴν | her | — | | | uidens | vidisset | her | — | — | αὐτὴν | her | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κσP75 | Lord | κύριος | Lord | — | | | est | Dominus | Lord | ܝܫܘܥ | Lord | κύριος | Lord | |||||
εσπλαγχνισθηP75 | was moved with compassion | ἐσπλαγχνίσθη | was moved with compassion | εσπλαγχνισθη | | | misertus | misericordia | was moved with compassion | ܘܐܬܪܚܡ | was moved with compassion | ἐσπλαγχνίσθη | was moved with compassion | |||||
επP75 | on | ἐπ᾽ | on | επ | | | ei | motus | on | — | — | ἐπ’ | on | |||||
αυτηP75 | her | αὐτῇ | her | αυτη | | | — | super | her | ܥܠܝܗ | her | αὐτῇ | her | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | eam | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said | ܠܗ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτηP75 | to her; | αὐτῇ· | to her; | αυτη | | | illi | illi | to her; | — | — | αὐτῇ | to her; | |||||
μηP75 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | noli | Noli | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
κλαιεP75 | do weep. | κλαῖε. | do weep. | κλαιε | | | plorare | flere | do weep. | ܬܒܟܝܢ | do weep. | κλαῖε | do weep. | |||||
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