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 | ||||||||||||
εβουλευσαντοP66 · P75 | Took counsel | ἐβουλεύσαντο | Took counsel | εβουλευσαντο | | | cogitauerunt | Cogitaverunt | ? | ܘܐܬܪܥܝܘ | Took counsel | Ἐβουλεύσαντο | Took counsel | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | occidant | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αρχιερεισP66 · P75 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | principes | principes | ? | ܪܒܝ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | — | sacerdotum | ? | ܟܗܢܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | ut | ut | that/so that | ܕܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
λαζαρονP66 · P75 | Lazarus | Λάζαρον | Lazarus | λαζαρον | | | et | Lazarum | ? | ܠܠܥܙܪ | Lazarus | Λάζαρον | Lazarus | |||||
αποκτεινωσινP66 · P75 | they may kill, | ἀποκτείνωσιν, | they may kill, | αποκτεινωσιν | | | lazarum | interficerent | ? | ܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ | they may kill, | ἀποκτείνωσιν | they may kill, | |||||
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