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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἦσαν | They were | ησαν | | | erant | Erant | They were | ܐܝܬ | They were | Ἦσαν | They were | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | — | | | et | ibi | there | ܕܝܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
| — | γυναῖκες | women | γυναικες | | | mulieres | mulieres | women | ܐܦ | women | γυναῖκες | women | ||||||
| — | πολλαὶ | many | πολλαι | | | multae | multæ | many | ܬܡܢ | many | πολλαὶ | many | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | de | a | from | ܢܫܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | μακρόθεν | afar off | μακροθεν | | | longe | longe | afar off | ܤܓܝܐܬܐ | afar off | μακρόθεν | afar off | ||||||
| — | θεωροῦσαι | looking on | θεωρουσαι | | | quae | quæ | looking on | ܕܚܙܝܢ | looking on | θεωροῦσαι | looking on | ||||||
| — | αἵτινες | who | αιτινες | | | secutae | secutæ | who | ܗܘܝ | who | αἵτινες | who | ||||||
| — | ἠκολούθησαν | followed | ηκολουθησαν | | | — | erant | followed | ܡܢ | followed | ἠκολούθησαν | followed | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | uidentes | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus | ιηυ | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܗܢܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | sunt | a | from | ܕܐܬܝ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | — | | | galilaea | Galilæa | Galilee | ܒܬܪܗ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | ||||||
| — | διακονοῦσαι | ministering | διακονουσαι | | | ministrantes | ministrantes | ministering | ܕܝܫܘܥ | ministering | διακονοῦσαι | ministering | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ, | to Him, | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him, | ܡܢ | to Him, | αὐτῷ | to Him, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||