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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܙܠ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀπελθοῦσαι | having gone out | — | | | exeuntes | exierunt | having gone out | ܥܓܠ | having gone out | ἐξελθοῦσαι | having gone out | ||||||
| — | ταχὺ | quickly | ταχυ | | | cito | cito | quickly | — | — | ταχὺ | quickly | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | de | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | μνημείου | tomb | μνημειου | | | monumento | monumento | tomb | ܩܒܪܐ | tomb | μνημείου | tomb | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | — | — | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | φόβου | fear | φοβου | | | timore | timore | fear | ܒܕܚܠܬܐ | fear | φόβου | fear | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܚܕܘܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | χαρᾶς | joy | χαρας | | | gaudio | gaudio | joy | — | — | χαρᾶς | joy | ||||||
| — | μεγάλης | great | μεγαλης | | | magno | magno | great | ܪܒܬܐ | great | μεγάλης | great | ||||||
| — | ἔδραμον | they ran | εδραμον | | | cucurrerunt | currentes | they ran | ܘܪܗܛܢ | they ran | ἔδραμον | they ran | ||||||
| — | ἀπαγγεῖλαι | to tell | απαγγειλαι | | | — | nuntiare | to tell | — | — | ἀπαγγεῖλαι | to tell | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | renuntiare | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταῖς | disciples | μαθηταις | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܕܢܐܡܪܢ | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ.¶ | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 1:7 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||