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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὅτε | When | οτε | | | et | Et | When | ܘܟܕ | When | Ὅτε | When | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | quando | cum | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐξεβλήθη | was put outside | εξεβληθη | | | eiecta | ejecta | was put outside | — | — | ἐξεβλήθη | was put outside | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | surrexit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλος, | crowd, | οχλος | | | — | esset | crowd, | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowd, | ὄχλος | crowd, | ||||||
| — | εἰσελθὼν | having entered | — | | | turba | turba | having entered | ܥܠ | having entered | εἰσελθὼν | having entered | ||||||
| — | ἐκράτησεν | He took hold of | εκρατησεν | | | autem | intravit | He took hold of | — | — | ἐκράτησεν | He took hold of | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | — | | | puella | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | χειρὸς | hand | — | | | est | et | hand | ܐܚܕܗ | hand | χειρὸς | hand | ||||||
| — | αὐτῆς, | of her, | αυτης | | | tenuit | tenuit | of her, | ܒܐܝܕܗ | of her, | αὐτῆς | of her, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | manum | manum | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἠγέρθη | arose | ηγερθη | | | eius | ejus | arose | ܘܩܡܬ | arose | ἠγέρθη | arose | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | κοράσιον. | girl. | κορασιον | | | ueniens | et | girl. | ܛܠܝܬܐ | girl. | κοράσιον | girl. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||