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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἦσαν | There were | ησαν | | | erant | Erant | There were | ܐܝܬ | There were | Ἦσαν | There were | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | — | — | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | γυναῖκες | women | γυναικες | | | mulieres | mulieres | women | ܕܝܢ | women | γυναῖκες | women | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | uidentes | de | from | ܐܦ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | μακρόθεν | afar off | μακροθεν | | | longe | longe | afar off | ܢܫܐ | afar off | μακρόθεν | afar off | ||||||
| — | θεωροῦσαι | looking on | θεωρουσαι | | | a | aspicientes | looking on | — | — | θεωροῦσαι | looking on | ||||||
| — | ἐν | among | εν | | | inter | inter | among | ܡܢ | among | ἐν | among | ||||||
| — | αἷς | whom | αις | | | quas | quas | whom | ܪܘܚܩܐ | whom | αἷς | whom | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܕܚܙܝܢ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܗܘܝ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Μαγδαληνὴ | Magdalene | μαγδαληνη | | | magdalene | Magdalene | Magdalene | ܡܪܝܡ | Magdalene | Μαγδαληνή | Magdalene | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܓܕܠܝܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܘܡܪܝܡ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰακώβου | of James | ϊακωβου | | | iacobi | Jacobi | of James | — | — | Ἰακώβου | of James | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | μικροῦ | least | μεικρου | | | minoris | minoris | least | ܐܡܗ | least | μικροῦ | least | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰωσῆτος | of Joses | ϊωσητος | | | ioseph | Joseph | of Joses | ܙܥܘܪܐ | of Joses | Ἰωσῆ | of Joses | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | — | — | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܕܝܘܤܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Σαλώμη, | Salome, | σαλωμη | | | salome | Salome | Salome, | ܘܫܠܘܡ | Salome, | Σαλώμη | Salome, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||