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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dixit | Says | ܘܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | — | | | ergo | ergo | however | ܕܝܢ | but | οὖν | however | |||||
ιουδασP66 · P75 | Judas | Ἰούδας | Judas | — | | | unus | unus | Judas | ܤܟܪܝܘܛܐ | Judas | εἷς | Judas | |||||
οP66 · P75 | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | — | | | — | ex | of Simon | — | — | ἐκ | of Simon | |||||
ισκαριωτησP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | Iscariot | Ἰσκαριώτης | Iscariot | — | | | discipulis | discipulis | Iscariot | ܚܕ | Iscariot | μαθητῶν | Iscariot | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | eius | ejus | one | ܡܢ | one | αὐτοῦ | one | |||||
μαθητωνP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | iudas | Judas | of | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of | Ἰούδας | of | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | a | — | — | — | — | Σίμωνος | the | |||||
οP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | — | Iscariotes | disciples | ܗܘ | disciples | Ἰσκαριώτης | disciples | |||||
μελλωνP66 · P75 | of Him, | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αυτου | | | qui | qui | of Him, | — | — | ὁ | of Him, | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | — | | | caryoto | — | — | — | — | μέλλων | who | |||||
παραδιδοναιP66 · P75 | is being about | μέλλων | is being about | — | | | incipiebat | erat | is being about | ܕܥܬܝܕ | is being about | αὐτὸν | is being about | |||||
αὐτὸνP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܗܘܐ | Him | παραδιδόναι | Him | |||||
παραδιδόναι·P66 · P75 | to betray; | παραδιδόναι· | to betray; | — | | | tradere | traditurus | to betray; | ܕܢܫܠܡܝܘܗܝ | to betray; | παραδιδόναι· | to betray; | |||||
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