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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐγείρεσθε, | do rise, | — | | | surgite | Surgite | do rise, | ܩܘܡܘ | do rise, | Ἐγείρεσθε | do rise, | ||||||
| — | ἄγωμεν· | let us go; | αγωμεν | | | eamus | eamus | let us go; | ܢܐܙܠ | let us go; | ἄγωμεν | let us go; | ||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | — | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | παραδιδούς | betraying | — | | | me | me | betraying | ܗܘ | betraying | παραδιδούς | betraying | ||||||
| — | με | Me | — | | | tradet | tradet | Me | ܕܡܫܠܡ | Me | με | Me | ||||||
| — | ἤγγικεν.¶ | has drawn near! | ηγγικεν | | | prope | prope | has drawn near! | ܠܝ | has drawn near! | ἤγγικεν | has drawn near! | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||