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 | ||||||||||||
αυτοσP75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | αυτος | | | ipse | Ipse | He himself | ܗܘ | He himself | Αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | — | — | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
κρατησασP75 | having taken out | ἐκβαλὼν | having taken out | — | | | autem | autem | having taken out | ܐܦܩ | having taken out | ἐκβαλὼν | having taken out | |||||
τησP75 | outside | ἔξω | outside | — | | | tenens | tenens | outside | — | — | ἔξω | outside | |||||
χειροσP75 | all | πάντας | all | — | | | — | — | — | ܠܟܠܢܫ | all | πάντας | all | |||||
αυτησP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | manum | manum | and | ܠܒܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εφωνησενP75 | having taken hold | κρατήσας | having taken hold | κρατησας | | | eius | ejus | having taken hold | ܘܐܚܕܗ | having taken hold | κρατήσας | having taken hold | |||||
λεγωνP75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
ηP75 | hand | χειρὸς | hand | χειρος | | | — | — | — | ܒܐܝܕܗ | hand | χειρὸς | hand | |||||
παισP75 | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | αυτης | | | clamauit | clamavit | of her | ܘܩܪܗ | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | |||||
εγειρεP75 | called out | ἐφώνησεν | called out | εφωνησεν | | | dicens | dicens | called out | — | — | ἐφώνησεν | called out | |||||
λέγων·P75 | saying: | λέγων· | saying: | λεγων | | | — | — | — | ܘܐܡܪ | saying: | λέγων | saying: | |||||
ἡP75 | O | ἡ | O | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | O | |||||
παῖς,P75 | Child, | παῖς, | Child, | παις | | | puella | Puella | Child, | ܛܠܝܬܐ | Child, | παῖς | Child, | |||||
ἔγειρε.P75 | do arise. | ἔγειρε. | do arise. | εγειρε | | | surge | surge | do arise. | ܩܘܡܝ | do arise. | ἐγείρου | do arise. | |||||
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