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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
εζητουνP45 · P66 · P75 | They were seeking | Ἐζήτουν | They were seeking | — | | | querebant | Quærebant | They were seeking | ܘܒܥܘ | They were seeking | Ἐζήτουν | They were seeking | |||||
δεP45 · P66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | — | ergo | therefore | ܗܘܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτονP45 · P66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | eum | eum | Him | ܬܘܒ | Him | πάλιν | Him | |||||
πιασαιP45 · P66 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | — | | | adpraehendere | apprehendere | again | ܕܢܐܚܕܘܢܝܗܝ | again | αὐτὸν | again | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | to seize; | πιάσαι· | to seize; | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | πιάσαι | to seize; | |||||
εξηλθενP45 · P66 · P75 | but | καὶ | but | και | | | et | et | but | ܘܢܦܩ | but | καὶ | but | |||||
εκP45 · P66 · P75 | He went forth | ἐξῆλθεν | He went forth | εξηλθεν | | | exibit | exivit | He went forth | ܠܗ | He went forth | ἐξῆλθεν | He went forth | |||||
τησP45 · P66 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܡܢ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
χειροσP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | et | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P66 · P75 | hand | χειρὸς | hand | χειρος | | | manibus | manibus | hand | ܒܝܬ | hand | χειρὸς | hand | |||||
αὐτῶνP45 · P66 · P75 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of them | ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||
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