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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܐܙܠܘ | and | Ἀπῆλθον | and | ||||||
| — | ἀπῆλθον | they departed | — | | | abeuntes | abeuntes | they departed | ܐܫܟܚܘ | they departed | δὲ | they departed | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | — | | | inuenerunt | invenerunt | now | ܕܝܢ | but | καὶ | now | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | alligatum | — | — | ܥܝܠܐ | and | εὗρον | and | ||||||
| — | εὗρον | found | ευρον | | | pullum | pullum | found | ܕܐܤܝܪ | found | πῶλον | found | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | δεδεμένον | the | ||||||
| — | πῶλον | colt | πωλον | | | — | ligatum | colt | — | — | πρὸς | colt | ||||||
| — | δεδεμένον | tied | δεδεμενον | | | ante | ante | tied | ܥܠ | tied | τὴν | tied | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | at | προς | | | — | januam | at | ܬܪܥܐ | at | θύραν | at | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | ienuam | — | — | — | — | ἔξω | the | ||||||
| — | θύραν | door | θυραν | | | foris | foris | door | ܠܒܪ | door | ἐπὶ | door | ||||||
| — | ἔξω | outside | εξω | | | in | in | outside | — | — | τοῦ | outside | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | by | επι | | | — | — | — | ܒܫܘܩܐ | by | ἀμφόδου | by | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀμφόδου | street | αμφοδου | | | transitu | bivio | street | ܘܟܕ | street | λύουσιν | street | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | αὐτόν | and | ||||||
| — | λύουσιν | they untied | λυουσιν | | | soluerunt | solvunt | they untied | ܫܪܝܢ | they untied | λύουσιν | they untied | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν. | it. | αυτον | | | eum | eum | it. | ܠܗ | it. | αὐτόν. | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||