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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἦν | Was | ην | | | erat | Erant | Was | ܐܝܬ | Was | Ἦν | Was | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | εκει | | | ibidem | ibi | there | ܕܝܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
| — | Μαριὰμ | Mary | — | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܬܡܢ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | — | | | alia | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Μαγδαληνὴ | Magdalene | — | | | magdalene | Magdalene | Magdalene | ܡܪܝܡ | Magdalene | Μαγδαληνή | Magdalene | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܡܓܕܠܝܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | ἄλλη | other | — | | | — | altera | other | ܘܡܪܝܡ | other | ἄλλη | other | ||||||
| — | Μαρία | Mary | μαρια | | | maria | Maria | Mary | ܐܚܪܬܐ | Mary | Μαρία | Mary | ||||||
| — | καθήμεναι | sitting | καθημεναι | | | sedentes | sedentes | sitting | ܕܝܬܒܢ | sitting | καθήμεναι | sitting | ||||||
| — | ἀπέναντι | opposite | — | | | contra | contra | opposite | ܗܘܝ | opposite | ἀπέναντι | opposite | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | τάφου.¶ | tomb. | ταφου | | | sepulcrum | sepulchrum | tomb. | ܠܩܘܒܠܗ | tomb. | τάφου | tomb. | ||||||
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