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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἀκούσασα | having heard | ακουσασα | | | ihu | cum | having heard | ܟܕ | having heard | ἀκούσασα | having heard | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the things | — | | | uestimentum | — | — | — | — | περὶ | the things | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | — | | | audito | audisset | concerning | ܫܡܥܬ | concerning | τοῦ | concerning | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | eius | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦ, | Jesus, | ιηυ | | | de | de | Jesus, | ܥܠ | Jesus, | ἐλθοῦσα | Jesus, | ||||||
| — | ἐλθοῦσα | having come up | ελθουσα | | | — | Jesu | having come up | ܝܫܘܥ | having come up | ἐν | having come up | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | uenit | venit | in | ܐܬܬ | in | τῷ | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὄχλῳ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλῳ | crowd | — | | | inter | in | crowd | ܒܚܒܨܐ | crowd | ὄπισθεν | crowd | ||||||
| — | ὄπισθεν | behind Him | οπισθεν | | | turbam | turba | behind Him | ܕܟܢܫܐ | behind Him | ἥψατο | behind Him | ||||||
| — | ἥψατο | she touched | ηψατο | | | retro | retro | she touched | ܡܢ | she touched | τοῦ | she touched | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | de | — | — | — | — | ἱματίου | the | ||||||
| — | ἱματίου | clothing | ϊματιου | | | et | et | clothing | ܒܤܬܪܗ | clothing | αὐτοῦ | clothing | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ· | of Him; | αυτου | | | tetigit | tetigit | of Him; | ܩܪܒܬ | of Him; | αὐτοῦ· | of Him; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 5:38 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||