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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | qui | who | ܘܥܡܪ | who | ὃς | who | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | κατοίκησιν | dwelling | — | | | domicilium | domicilium | dwelling | ܗܘܐ | dwelling | κατοίκησιν | dwelling | ||||||
| — | εἶχεν | had | ειχεν | | | habebat | habebat | had | — | — | εἶχεν | had | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | μνήμασιν. | tombs. | — | | | monumentis | monumentis | tombs. | ܩܒܘܪܐ | tombs. | μνήμασιν | tombs. | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܒܫܫܠܬܐ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | not even | ουδε | | | neque | neque | not even | — | — | οὔτε | not even | ||||||
| — | ἁλύσει | with a chain | — | | | catenis | catenis | with a chain | ܐܢܫ | with a chain | ἁλύσεσιν | with a chain | ||||||
| — | οὐκέτι | no longer | ουκετι | | | iam | jam | no longer | ܠܐ | no longer | οὐδεὶς | no longer | ||||||
| — | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | quisquam | quisquam | no one | ܡܫܟܚ | no one | ἐδύνατο | no one | ||||||
| — | ἐδύνατο | was able | — | | | poterat | poterat | was able | — | — | αὐτὸν | was able | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | ܗܘܐ | him | δῆσαι | him | ||||||
| — | δῆσαι | to bind | δησαι | | | ligare | ligare | to bind | ܠܡܐܤܪܗ | to bind | δῆσαι | to bind | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 5:16 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||