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 | ||||||||||||
ἀπὸP105 | From | ἀπὸ | From | απο | | | autem | Præ | From | ܘܡܢ | From | Ἀπὸ | From | |||||
δὲP105 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | timore | timore | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
τοῦP105 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | a | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
φόβουP105 | fear | φόβου | fear | φοβου | | | eius | ejus | fear | ܐܬܬܙܝܥܘ | fear | φόβου | fear | |||||
αὐτοῦP105 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | commoti | exterriti | of him | ܐܝܠܝܢ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ἐσείσθησανP105 | trembled | ἐσείσθησαν | trembled | εσεισθησαν | | | sunt | sunt | trembled | — | — | ἐσείσθησαν | trembled | |||||
οἱP105 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | custodes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
τηροῦντεςP105 | keeping guard | τηροῦντες | keeping guard | τηρουντες | | | et | et | keeping guard | ܕܢܛܪܝܢ | keeping guard | τηροῦντες | keeping guard | |||||
καὶP105 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | facti | facti | and | ܗܘܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἐγενήθησανP105 | they were | ἐγενήθησαν | they were | εγενηθησαν | | | sunt | sunt | they were | ܘܗܘܘ | they were | ἐγένοντο | they were | |||||
ὡςP105 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | tamquam | velut | as | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡσεὶ | as | |||||
νεκροί.¶P105 | dead men. | νεκροί.¶ | dead men. | νεκροι | | | mortui | mortui | dead men. | ܡܝܬܐ | dead men. | νεκροί | dead men. | |||||
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