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 | ||||||||||||
| — | περὶ | Concerning | περι | | | de | De | Concerning | ܥܠ | Concerning | Περὶ | Concerning | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | resurrectione | resurrectione | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | dicente | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | ἀναστάσεως | resurrection | αναστασεως | | | autem | autem | resurrection | ܕܝܢ | resurrection | ἀναστάσεως | resurrection | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | uobis | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | νεκρῶν | dead | νεκρων | | | mortuorum | mortuorum | dead | ܕܡܝܬܐ | dead | νεκρῶν | dead | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | surely | ουκ | | | non | non | surely | ܠܐ | surely | οὐκ | surely | ||||||
| — | ἀνέγνωτε | you have read | ανεγνωτε | | | legistis | legistis | you have read | ܩܪܝܬܘܢ | you have read | ἀνέγνωτε | you have read | ||||||
| — | τὸ | that which | το | | | do | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that which | ||||||
| — | ῥηθὲν | has been spoken | ρηθεν | | | quod | quod | has been spoken | ܡܕܡ | has been spoken | ῥηθὲν | has been spoken | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | dictum | dictum | to you | ܕܐܬܐܡܪ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| — | ὑπὸ | by | ϋπο | | | est | est | by | ܠܟܘܢ | by | ὑπὸ | by | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ | God | θυ | | | a | a | God | ܡܢ | God | θεοῦ | God | ||||||
| — | λέγοντος· | saying; | λεγοντος | | | — | Deo | saying; | ܐܠܗܐ | saying; | λέγοντος | saying; | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||