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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | διαγενομένου | when was passing | — | | | abeuntes | cum | when was passing | ܥܒܪܬ | when was passing | διαγενομένου | when was passing | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | σαββάτου | Sabbath | — | | | — | transisset | Sabbath | — | — | σαββάτου | Sabbath | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Μαρία | <the> | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | — | | | — | sabbatum | Mary | ܫܒܬܐ | Mary | ἡ | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Μαγδαληνὴ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Μαγδαληνὴ | Magdalene | — | | | — | Maria | Magdalene | ܡܪܝܡ | Magdalene | καὶ | Magdalene | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | Magdalene | and | ܡܓܕܠܝܬܐ | and | Μαρία | and | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | — | | | — | et | Mary | — | — | Ἰακώβου | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the mother | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | the mother | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Σαλώμη | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰακώβου | of James | — | | | — | Maria | of James | ܘܡܪܝܡ | of James | ἠγόρασαν | of James | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | Jacobi | and | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | and | ἀρώματα | and | ||||||
| — | Σαλώμη | Salome | — | | | — | et | Salome | — | — | ἵνα | Salome | ||||||
| — | ἠγόρασαν | bought | ηγορασαν | | | — | Salome | bought | ܘܫܠܘܡ | bought | ἐλθοῦσαι | bought | ||||||
| — | ἀρώματα | spices | αρωματα | | | emerunt | emerunt | spices | ܙܒܢ | spices | ἀλείψωσιν | spices | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | aromata | aromata | that | ܗܪܘܡܐ | that | αὐτόν | that | ||||||
| — | ἐλθοῦσαι | having come | — | | | ut | ut | having come | — | — | ἐλθοῦσαι | having come | ||||||
| — | ἀλείψωσιν | they may anoint | — | | | eum | venientes | they may anoint | ܕܢܐܬܝܢ | they may anoint | ἀλείψωσιν | they may anoint | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν. | Him. | αυτον | | | ungerent | ungerent | Him. | ܢܡܫܚܢܝܗܝ | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||