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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | He said | Εἶπεν | He said | — | | | dixit | Dixitque | He said | ܐܡܪ | He said | Εἶπεν | He said | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | ad | ei | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | — | | | — | Jesus | to him | — | — | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
αφεσP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | dei | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | Jesus: | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus: | — | | | sine | Sine | Jesus: | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus: | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus: | |||||
νεκρουσP45 · P75 | do leave | ἄφες | do leave | — | | | ille | ut | do leave | ܫܒܘܩ | do leave | Ἄφες | do leave | |||||
θαψαιP45 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | dead | νεκροὺς | dead | — | | | mortuos | mortui | dead | ܡܝܬܐ | dead | νεκροὺς | dead | |||||
εαυτωνP45 · P75 | to bury | θάψαι | to bury | — | | | sepelire | sepeliant | to bury | ܩܒܪܝܢ | to bury | θάψαι | to bury | |||||
νεκρουσP45 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
συP45 · P75 | their own | ἑαυτῶν | their own | — | | | mortuos | mortuos | their own | — | — | ἑαυτῶν | their own | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | dead. | νεκρούς. | dead. | — | | | suos | suos | dead. | ܡܝܬܝܗܘܢ | dead. | νεκρούς | dead. | |||||
απελθωνP45 · P75 | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | — | | | tu | tu | you yourself | ܘܐܢܬ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | |||||
διαγγελλεP45 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | having gone forth | ἀπελθὼν | having gone forth | — | | | uade | vade | having gone forth | ܤܒܪ | having gone forth | ἀπελθὼν | having gone forth | |||||
βασιλειανP45 · P75 | do declare | διάγγελλε | do declare | διαγγελλε | | | et | et | do declare | — | — | διάγγελλε | do declare | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | illi | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | βασιλειαν | | | — | annuntia | kingdom | ܡܠܟܘܬܗ | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | |||||
τοῦP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | praedica | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θεοῦ.¶P45 · P75 | of God. | θεοῦ.¶ | of God. | θυ | | | regnum | regnum | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ | of God. | |||||
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