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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ····· | — | αναστας | | | surgens | Surgens | Having risen | ܒܫܦܪܐ | Having risen | Ἀναστὰς | Having risen | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | now | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | πρωϊ | | | mane | mane | early | ܒܚܕ | early | πρωῒ | early | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | πρωτη | | | prima | prima | on the first day | ܒܫܒܐ | on the first day | πρώτῃ | on the first day | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | σαββατου | | | sabbati | sabbati | of the week | ܩܡ | of the week | σαββάτου | of the week | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | apparuit | apparuit | He appeared | ܘܐܬܚܙܝ | He appeared | ἐφάνη | He appeared | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | primo | primo | first | ܠܘܩܕܡ | first | πρῶτον | first | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | μαρια | | | mariae | Mariæ | to Mary | ܠܡܪܝܡ | to Mary | Μαρίᾳ | to Mary | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | ܡܓܕܠܝܬܐ | <the> | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | μαγδαληνη | | | magdalenae | Magdalene | Magdalene, | ܗܝ | Magdalene, | Μαγδαληνῇ | Magdalene, | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | παρ | | | de | de | from with | ܕܫܒܥܐ | from with | ἀφ’ | from with | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | ης | | | qua | qua | whom | ܫܐܕܝܢ | whom | ἧς | whom | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | εκβεβληκει | | | eiecerat | ejecerat | He had cast out | ܐܦܩ | He had cast out | ἐκβεβλήκει | He had cast out | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | — | | | septem | septem | seven | ܗܘܐ | seven | ἑπτὰ | seven | ||||||
| — | ····· | — | δαιμονεια | | | dęmonia | dæmonia | demons. | ܡܢܗ | demons. | δαιμόνια | demons. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||