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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξελθοντοσP45 | when was exiting | ἐξελθόντος | when was exiting | — | | | exeuntibus | exeunti | when was exiting | ܢܦܩ | when was exiting | ἐξελθόντι | when was exiting | |||||
αυτουP45 | He | αὐτοῦ | He | — | | | illis | ei | He | ܡܢ | He | αὐτῷ | He | |||||
εκP45 | out of | ἐκ | out of | — | | | de | de | out of | ܤܦܝܢܬܐ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τοῦP45 | the | τοῦ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πλοίουP45 | boat | πλοίου | boat | — | | | naue | navi | boat | ܦܓܥ | boat | πλοίου | boat | |||||
εὐθὺςP45 | immediately | εὐθὺς | immediately | — | | | statim | statim | immediately | ܒܗ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | |||||
ὑπήντησενP45 | met with | ὑπήντησεν | met with | — | | | orrit | — | — | ܡܢ | met with | ἀπήντησεν | met with | |||||
αὐτῷP45 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτων | | | illis | occurrit | Him | ܒܝܬ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
ἐκP45 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܩܒܘܪܐ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τῶνP45 | the | τῶν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
μνημείωνP45 | tombs | μνημείων | tombs | — | | | monumentis | monumentis | tombs | ܓܒܪܐ | tombs | μνημείων | tombs | |||||
ἄνθρωποςP45 | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܕܐܝܬ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | |||||
ἐνP45 | with | ἐν | with | εν | | | in | in | with | ܒܗ | with | ἐν | with | |||||
πνεύματιP45 | a spirit | πνεύματι | a spirit | πνι | | | spu | spiritu | a spirit | ܪܘܚܐ | a spirit | πνεύματι | a spirit | |||||
ἀκαθάρτῳP45 | unclean | ἀκαθάρτῳ | unclean | ακαθαρτω | | | inmundo | immundo | unclean | ܛܢܦܬܐ | unclean | ἀκαθάρτῳ | unclean | |||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 5:16 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||