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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐλαίῳ | With oil | — | | | oleo | Oleo | With oil | ܐܢܬ | With oil | Ἐλαίῳ | With oil | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | haec | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
κεφαληνP75 | head | κεφαλήν | head | κεφαλην | | | caput | caput | head | ܡܫܚܐ | head | κεφαλήν | head | |||||
μουP75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meum | meum | of Mine | ܠܪܫܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
ουκP75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ηλειψασP75 | you did anoint; | ἤλειψας· | you did anoint; | ηλειψας | | | unxisti | unxisti | you did anoint; | ܡܫܚܬ | you did anoint; | ἤλειψας | you did anoint; | |||||
αυτηP75 | she herself | αὕτη | she herself | αυτη | | | — | hæc | she herself | ܗܕܐ | she herself | αὕτη | she herself | |||||
δεP75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
μυρωP75 | with fragrant oil | μύρῳ | with fragrant oil | μυρω | | | unguento | unguento | with fragrant oil | ܒܡܫܚܐ | with fragrant oil | μύρῳ | with fragrant oil | |||||
ηλειψενP75 | anointed | ἤλειψεν | anointed | ηλειψεν | | | unxit | unxit | anointed | ܕܒܤܡܐ | anointed | ἤλειψέν | anointed | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | μου | the | |||||
ποδασP75 | feet | πόδας | feet | — | | | — | pedes | feet | ܪܓܠܝ | feet | τοὺς | feet | |||||
μουP75 | of Mine. | μου. | of Mine. | — | | | — | meos | of Mine. | ܡܫܚܬ | of Mine. | πόδας | of Mine. | |||||
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