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 | ||||||||||||
εισP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | One | Εἷς | One | εις | | | unus | Unus | One | ܚܕ | One | Εἷς | One | |||||
δεP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | however | δέ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | however | |||||
τισP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | certain | τις | certain | τις | | | ex | ex | certain | ܡܢܗܘܢ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
εξP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | princeps | ipsis | of | ܕܫܡܗ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | caifas | Caiphas | them | ܩܝܦܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
καιφασP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Caiaphas, | Καϊάφας, | Caiaphas, | — | | | — | nomine | Caiaphas, | ܪܒ | Caiaphas, | Καϊάφας | Caiaphas, | |||||
αρχιερευσP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | high priest | αρχιερευς | | | illius | cum | high priest | ܟܗܢܐ | high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | high priest | |||||
ωνP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | being | ὢν | being | ων | | | — | esset | being | ܗܘܐ | being | ὢν | being | |||||
τουP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | on the | τοῦ | on the | του | | | illis | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | on the | |||||
ενιαυτουP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | year | ἐνιαυτοῦ | year | ενιαυτου | | | — | pontifex | year | ܫܢܬܐ | year | ἐνιαυτοῦ | year | |||||
εκεινουP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | same, | ἐκείνου, | same, | εκεινου | | | anni | anni | same, | ܘܐܡܪ | same, | ἐκείνου | same, | |||||
ειπενP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | illis | illius | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | dixit | dixit | to them; | ܐܢܬܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
υμεισP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | nihil | eis | You yourselves | ܠܐ | You yourselves | Ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
ουκP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | uos | Vos | not | ܝܕܥܝܢ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
οιδατεP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | know | οἴδατε | know | οιδατε | | | nescitis | nescitis | know | ܐܢܬܘܢ | know | οἴδατε | know | |||||
ουδενP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 · P75 | no thing, | οὐδέν, | no thing, | ουδεν | | | quidam | quidquam | no thing, | ܡܕܡ | no thing, | οὐδέν | no thing, | |||||
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