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 | ܘܗܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| — | γυνὴ | a woman | γυνη | | | mulier | mulier | a woman | ܕܪܕܐ | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | ||||||
| — | αἱμορροοῦσα | having a flux of blood | αιμορροουσα | | | habens | quæ sanguinis fluxum patiebatur | who had a flow of blood | ܗܘܐ | having a flux of blood | αἱμορροοῦσα | having a flux of blood | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | twelve | δωδεκα | | | sanguinis | duodecim | twelve | ܕܡܗ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | ||||||
| — | ἔτη | years | ετη | | | fluxum | annis | years | ܫܢܝܢ | years | ἔτη | years | ||||||
| — | προσελθοῦσα | having come up | προσελθουσα | | | xii | accessit | came up | ܬܪܬܥܤܪܐ | having come up | προσελθοῦσα | having come up | ||||||
| — | ὄπισθεν | behind Him | οπισθεν | | | uestimenti | retro | from behind | ܐܬܬ | behind Him | ὄπισθεν | behind Him | ||||||
| — | ἥψατο | she touched | ηψατο | | | annis | et tetigit | and touched | ܡܢ | she touched | ἥψατο | she touched | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | accedens | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | κρασπέδου | fringe | κρασπεδου | | | retro | fimbriam | fringe | ܒܤܬܪܗ | fringe | κρασπέδου | fringe | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | eius | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἱματίου | garment | — | | | tetigit | vestimenti | of the garment | ܘܩܪܒܬ | garment | ἱματίου | garment | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | fimbriam | ejus | his | ܠܩܪܢܐ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||