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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܝܬܝ | and | Ὁ | and | ||||||
| — | ἤνεγκεν | brought | ηνεγκεν | | | adtulit | attulit | brought | — | — | δὲ | brought | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀπελθὼν | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλὴν | head | κεφαλην | | | capud | caput | head | ܒܦܝܢܟܐ | head | ἀπεκεφάλισεν | head | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | — | ejus | of him | — | — | αὐτὸν | of him | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | in | in | on | ܘܝܗܒ | on | ἐν | on | ||||||
| — | πίνακι | a platter | πινακει | | | disco | disco | a platter | — | — | τῇ | a platter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܛܠܝܬܐ | and | φυλακῇ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔδωκεν | gave | εδωκεν | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | gave | ||||||
| — | αὐτὴν | it | αυτην | | | dedit | dedit | it | — | — | ἤνεγκεν | it | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | to the | ||||||
| — | κορασίῳ, | girl, | κορασιω | | | illud | illud | girl, | ܘܗܝ | girl, | κεφαλὴν | girl, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | puella | puellæ | and | — | — | αὐτοῦ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐπὶ | the | ||||||
| — | κοράσιον | girl | κορασιον | | | et | et | girl | ܛܠܝܬܐ | girl | πίνακι | girl | ||||||
| — | ἔδωκεν | gave | εδωκεν | | | puellae | puella | gave | — | — | καὶ | gave | ||||||
| — | αὐτὴν | it | — | | | dedit | dedit | it | ܝܗܒܬ | it | ἔδωκεν | it | ||||||
| — | τῇ | to the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτὴν | to the | ||||||
| — | μητρὶ | mother | μητρι | | | matri | matri | mother | — | — | τῷ | mother | ||||||
| — | αὐτῆς.¶ | of her. | αυτης | | | suae | suæ | of her. | ܠܐܡܗ | of her. | κορασίῳ | of her. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 6:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||