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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP37 · P45 · P53 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܘܐܡܪ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
λεγειP37 · P45 · P53 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | dicit | ait | He says | ܠܗܘܢ | He says | λέγει | He says | |||||
αυτοισP37 · P45 · P53 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | — | illis | to them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
περιλυποσP37 · P45 · P53 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
εστινP37 · P45 · P53 | Jesus: | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus: | — | | | tristis | Tristis | Jesus: | ܟܪܝܐ | Jesus: | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus: | |||||
ηP37 · P45 · P53 | Very sorrowful | περίλυπός | Very sorrowful | περιλυπος | | | est | est | Very sorrowful | ܗܝ | Very sorrowful | Περίλυπός | Very sorrowful | |||||
ψυχηP37 · P45 · P53 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | anima | anima | is | ܠܗ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
μουP37 · P45 · P53 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
εωσP37 · P45 · P53 | soul | ψυχή | soul | ψυχη | | | mea | mea | soul | ܠܢܦܫܝ | soul | ψυχή | soul | |||||
θανατουP37 · P45 · P53 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | eis | — | — | — | — | μου | of Mine | |||||
μεινατεP37 · P45 · P53 | until | ἕως | until | εως | | | usque | usque | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | |||||
δεP37 · P45 · P53 | death; | θανάτου· | death; | θανατου | | | ad | ad | death; | ܠܡܘܬܐ | death; | θανάτου | death; | |||||
ωδεP37 · P45 · P53 | do remain | μείνατε | do remain | μεινατε | | | mortem | mortem | do remain | ܩܘܘ | do remain | μείνατε | do remain | |||||
καιP37 · P45 · P53 | here | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | sustinete | sustinete | here | ܠܝ | here | ὧδε | here | |||||
εγρηγορειτεP37 · P45 · P53 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | hic | hic | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
μετP37 · P45 · P53 | do watch | γρηγορεῖτε | do watch | — | | | et | et | do watch | ܗܪܟܐ | do watch | γρηγορεῖτε | do watch | |||||
εμουP37 · P45 · P53 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | uigilate | vigilate | with | ܘܫܗܪܘ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
ἐμοῦ.¶P37 · P45 · P53 | Me. | ἐμοῦ.¶ | Me. | εμου | | | mecum | mecum | Me. | ܥܡܝ | Me. | ἐμοῦ | Me. | |||||
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