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 | ||||||||||||
ηδειP66 | He knew | ᾔδει | He knew | ηδει | | | sciebat | Sciebat | He knew | ܝܕܥ | He knew | ᾜδει | He knew | |||||
γαρP66 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
τονP66 | the one who | τὸν | the one who | τον | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the one who | |||||
παραδιδονταP66 | was betraying | παραδιδόντα | was betraying | παραδιδοντα | | | ihs | esset | was betraying | ܝܫܘܥ | was betraying | παραδιδόντα | was betraying | |||||
αυτονP66 | Him; | αὐτόν· | Him; | αυτον | | | — | qui | Him; | ܠܗܘ | Him; | αὐτόν | Him; | |||||
διαP66 | on account of | διὰ | on account of | — | | | traditurus | traderet | on account of | ܕܡܫܠܡ | on account of | διὰ | on account of | |||||
τουτοP66 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | eum | eum | this | ܠܗ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
ειπενP66 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | — | | | — | propterea | He said | ܡܛܠ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
οτιP66 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | — | dixit | that | ܗܢܐ | that | Οὐχὶ | that | |||||
ουχιP66 | Not | οὐχὶ | Not | — | | | — | Non | Not | ܐܡܪ | Not | πάντες | Not | |||||
παντεσP66 | all | πάντες | all | — | | | — | estis | all | ܕܠܐ | all | καθαροί | all | |||||
καθαροιP66 | clean | καθαροί | clean | — | | | — | mundi | clean | ܗܘܐ | clean | ἐστε | clean | |||||
εστεP66 | you are. | ἐστε.¶ | you are. | — | | | erat | omnes | you are. | ܟܠܟܘܢ | you are. | ἐστε.¶ | you are. | |||||
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