Urevangelium

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Translation Lineage

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
		—	καὶ	and	και	\|	et	et	and	ܘܒܝܬ	and	καὶ	and
		—	τὰ	the	τα	\|	monumenta	—	—	—	—	τὰ	the
		—	μνημεῖα	tombs	μνημια	\|	aperta	aperta	tombs	ܩܒܘܪܐ	tombs	μνημεῖα	tombs
		—	ἀνεῴχθησαν,	were opened,	ανεωχθησαν	\|	sunt	sunt	were opened,	ܐܬܦܬܚܘ	were opened,	ἀνεῴχθησαν	were opened,
		—	καὶ	and	και	\|	et	et	and	ܘܦܓܪܐ	and	καὶ	and
		—	πολλὰ	many	πολλα	\|	multa	multa	many	ܤܓܝܐܐ	many	πολλὰ	many
		—	σώματα	bodies	σωματα	\|	corpora	corpora	bodies	ܕܩܕܝܫܐ	bodies	σώματα	bodies
		—	τῶν	of the	των	\|	sanctorum	—	—	—	—	τῶν	of the
		—	κεκοιμημένων	having fallen asleep	κεκοιμημενων	\|	—	qui	having fallen asleep	ܕܫܟܝܒܝܢ	having fallen asleep	κεκοιμημένων	having fallen asleep
		—	ἁγίων	saints	αγιων	\|	dormientium	dormierant	saints	ܗܘܘ	saints	ἁγίων	saints
		—	ἠγέρθησαν,	were raised,	ηγερθησαν	\|	surrexerunt	surrexerunt	were raised,	ܩܡܘ	were raised,	ἠγέρθη	were raised,
	Next Fragment: Matt 27:62
	See 65 Earliest Papyri

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Alexandrian	Western	Latin	Byzantine
	—	καὶ	and	και	\|	et	et	and	ܘܒܝܬ	and	καὶ	and
	—	τὰ	the	τα	\|	monumenta	—	—	—	—	τὰ	the
	—	μνημεῖα	tombs	μνημια	\|	aperta	aperta	tombs	ܩܒܘܪܐ	tombs	μνημεῖα	tombs
	—	ἀνεῴχθησαν,	were opened,	ανεωχθησαν	\|	sunt	sunt	were opened,	ܐܬܦܬܚܘ	were opened,	ἀνεῴχθησαν	were opened,
	—	καὶ	and	και	\|	et	et	and	ܘܦܓܪܐ	and	καὶ	and
	—	πολλὰ	many	πολλα	\|	multa	multa	many	ܤܓܝܐܐ	many	πολλὰ	many
	—	σώματα	bodies	σωματα	\|	corpora	corpora	bodies	ܕܩܕܝܫܐ	bodies	σώματα	bodies
	—	τῶν	of the	των	\|	sanctorum	—	—	—	—	τῶν	of the
	—	κεκοιμημένων	having fallen asleep	κεκοιμημενων	\|	—	qui	having fallen asleep	ܕܫܟܝܒܝܢ	having fallen asleep	κεκοιμημένων	having fallen asleep
	—	ἁγίων	saints	αγιων	\|	dormientium	dormierant	saints	ܗܘܘ	saints	ἁγίων	saints
	—	ἠγέρθησαν,	were raised,	ηγερθησαν	\|	surrexerunt	surrexerunt	were raised,	ܩܡܘ	were raised,	ἠγέρθη	were raised,
Next Fragment: Matt 27:62
See 65 Earliest Papyri

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

—

καὶ

and

και

and

ܘܒܝܬ

and

καὶ

and

—

τὰ

the

τα

monumenta

—

τὰ

the

—

μνημεῖα

tombs

μνημια

aperta

tombs

ܩܒܘܪܐ

tombs

μνημεῖα

tombs

—

ἀνεῴχθησαν,

were opened,

ανεωχθησαν

sunt

were opened,

ܐܬܦܬܚܘ

were opened,

ἀνεῴχθησαν

were opened,

—

καὶ

and

και

and

ܘܦܓܪܐ

and

καὶ

and

—

πολλὰ

many

πολλα

multa

many

ܤܓܝܐܐ

many

πολλὰ

many

—

σώματα

bodies

σωματα

corpora

bodies

ܕܩܕܝܫܐ

bodies

σώματα

bodies

—

τῶν

of the

των

sanctorum

—

τῶν

of the

—

κεκοιμημένων

having fallen asleep

κεκοιμημενων

—

qui

having fallen asleep

ܕܫܟܝܒܝܢ

having fallen asleep

κεκοιμημένων

having fallen asleep

—

ἁγίων

saints

αγιων

dormientium

dormierant

saints

ܗܘܘ

saints

ἁγίων

saints

—

ἠγέρθησαν,

were raised,

ηγερθησαν

surrexerunt

were raised,

ܩܡܘ

were raised,

ἠγέρθη

were raised,

Next Fragment: Matt 27:62

See 65 Earliest Papyri

Matthew 27:52

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Matthew 27:52

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