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 | ||||||||||||
βαλουσαP45 | In pouring | βαλοῦσα | In pouring | βαλουσα | | | mittens | Mittens | In pouring | ܗܕܐ | In pouring | Βαλοῦσα | In pouring | |||||
γαρP45 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
αυτηP45 | this woman | αὕτη | this woman | αυτη | | | haec | hæc | this woman | ܕܐܪܡܝܬ | this woman | αὕτη | this woman | |||||
τοP45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
μυρονP45 | fragrant oil | μύρον | fragrant oil | μυρον | | | unguentum | unguentum | fragrant oil | — | — | μύρον | fragrant oil | |||||
επιP45 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | — | hoc | this | ܒܤܡܐ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
τουP45 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | — | in | on | ܗܢܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
σωματοσP45 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
μουP45 | body | σώματός | body | σωματοσματος | | | corpus | corpus | body | ܥܠ | body | σώματός | body | |||||
προσP45 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meum | meum | of Mine | ܓܘܫܡܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
τοP45 | for | πρὸς | for | προς | | | ad | ad | for | — | — | πρὸς | for | |||||
ενταφιασαιP45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | super | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
μεP45 | to bury | ἐνταφιάσαι | to bury | ενταφιασαι | | | sepeliendum | sepeliendum | to bury | ܐܝܟ | to bury | ἐνταφιάσαι | to bury | |||||
εποιησενP45 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | ܕܠܡܩܒܪܢܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
ἐποίησεν.¶P45 | she did it. | ἐποίησεν.¶ | she did it. | εποιησεν | | | fecit | fecit | she did it. | ܥܒܕܬ | she did it. | ἐποίησεν | she did it. | |||||
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