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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | surgens | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐγερθεὶς | having arisen | — | | | — | consurgens | having arisen | — | — | ἐγερθεὶς | having arisen | ||||||
| — | παρέλαβεν | he took | παρελαβεν | | | accepit | accepit | he took | ܩܡ | he took | παρέλαβεν | he took | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | παιδίον | Child | — | | | puerum | puerum | Child | ܕܒܪ | Child | παιδίον | Child | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | μητέρα | mother | μητερα | | | matrem | matrem | mother | ܠܛܠܝܐ | mother | μητέρα | mother | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܘܠܐܡܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | εἰσῆλθεν | entered | — | | | uenit | venit | entered | ܘܐܬܐ | entered | ἦλθεν | entered | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܐܪܥܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | γῆν | the land | — | | | terram | terram | the land | — | — | γῆν | the land | ||||||
| — | Ἰσραήλ.¶ | of Israel. | ϊσραηλ | | | israhel | Israël | of Israel. | ܕܐܝܤܪܐܝܠ | of Israel. | Ἰσραήλ | of Israel. | ||||||
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