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 | ||||||||||||
| — | προσῆλθεν | came | προσηλθεν | | | accessit | accessit | came | ܩܪܒܬ | came | προσῆλθεν | came | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ad | ad | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | γυνὴ | a woman | γυνη | | | eum | eum | a woman | ܐܢܬܬܐ | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | ||||||
| — | ἔχουσα | having | εχουσα | | | mulier | mulier | having | ܕܐܝܬ | having | ἀλάβαστρον | having | ||||||
| — | ἀλάβαστρον | an alabaster flask | αλαβαστρον | | | habens | habens | an alabaster flask | ܥܠܝܗ | an alabaster flask | μύρου | an alabaster flask | ||||||
| — | μύρου | of fragrant oil | μυρου | | | alabastrum | alabastrum | of fragrant oil | ܫܛܝܦܬܐ | of fragrant oil | ἔχουσα | of fragrant oil | ||||||
| — | βαρυτίμου | very costly | — | | | unguenti | unguenti | very costly | ܕܡܫܚܐ | very costly | βαρυτίμου | very costly | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | praetiosi | pretiosi | and | ܕܒܤܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κατέχεεν | poured it | κατεχεεν | | | et | et | poured it | ܤܓܝ | poured it | κατέχεεν | poured it | ||||||
επιP45 · P64+P67 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | perfudit | effudit | on | ܕܡܝܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τησP45 · P64+P67 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | super | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
κεφαλησP45 · P64+P67 | head | κεφαλῆς | head | κεφαλης | | | caput | caput | head | ܥܠ | head | κεφαλὴν | head | |||||
αυτουP45 · P64+P67 | when he | αὐτοῦ | when he | αυτου | | | eius | ipsius | when he | ܪܫܗ | when he | αὐτοῦ | when he | |||||
ανακειμενουP45 · P64+P67 | is reclining. | ἀνακειμένου. | is reclining. | ανακειμενου | | | discumbentis | recumbentis | is reclining. | ܕܝܫܘܥ | is reclining. | ἀνακειμένου | is reclining. | |||||
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