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 | ||||||||||||
εγειρεP88 | To you | σοὶ | To you | σοι | | | tibi | tibi | To you | ܠܟ | To you | Σοὶ | To you | |||||
σοιP88 | I say; | λέγω· | I say; | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say; | — | — | λέγω | I say; | |||||
λεγωP88 | do arise | ἔγειρε, | do arise | εγειρε | | | surge | Surge | do arise | ܐܡܪ | do arise | ἔγειραι | do arise | |||||
αρονP88 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | tolle | tolle | and | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τονP88 | do take up | ἆρον | do take up | αρον | | | grabattum | grabatum | do take up | — | — | ἆρον | do take up | |||||
κραβακτονP88 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
σουP88 | mat | κράβαττόν | mat | κραβαττον | | | — | — | — | ܩܘܡ | mat | κράββατόν | mat | |||||
καιP88 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | ܫܩܘܠ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
υπαγεP88 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
εισP88 | do go | ὕπαγε | do go | ϋπαγε | | | uade | vade | do go | ܥܪܤܟ | do go | ὕπαγε | do go | |||||
τονP88 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܘܙܠ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
οικονP88 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
σουP88 | home | οἶκόν | home | οικον | | | domum | domum | home | — | — | οἶκόν | home | |||||
σου.¶P88 | of you. | σου.¶ | of you. | σου | | | tuam | tuam | of you. | ܠܒܝܬܟ | of you. | σου | of you. | |||||
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