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 | ||||||||||||
απP45 · P66 · P75 | From | ἀπ᾽ | From | απ | | | ab | Ab | From | ܘܡܢ | From | Ἀπ’ | From | |||||
εκεινησP45 · P66 · P75 | that very | ἐκείνης | that very | εκεινης | | | illo | illo | that very | ܗܘ | that very | ἐκείνης | that very | |||||
ουνP45 · P66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | igitur | ergo | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τησP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | consilium | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
ημερασP45 · P66 · P75 | day | ἡμέρας | day | ημερας | | | die | die | day | ܝܘܡܐ | day | ἡμέρας | day | |||||
εβουλευσαντοP45 · P66 · P75 | they plotted | ἐβουλεύσαντο | they plotted | εβουλευσαντο | | | fecerunt | cogitaverunt | they plotted | ܐܬܚܫܒܘ | they plotted | συνεβουλεύσαντο | they plotted | |||||
ιναP45 · P66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
αποκτεινωσινP45 · P66 · P75 | they may kill | ἀποκτείνωσιν | they may kill | αποκτεινωσιν | | | interficerent | interficerent | they may kill | ܗܘܘ | they may kill | ἀποκτείνωσιν | they may kill | |||||
αυτονP45 · P66 · P75 | Him. | αὐτόν.¶ | Him. | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him. | ܕܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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