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 | ||||||||||||
ηP60 · P66 | <the> | Ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | <the> | |||||
ουνP60 · P66 | Then | οὖν | Then | ουν | | | cohors | Cohors | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | οὖν | Then | |||||
σπειραP60 · P66 | the cohort | σπεῖρα | the cohort | σπειρα | | | ergo | ergo | the cohort | — | — | σπεῖρα | the cohort | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܤܦܝܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP60 · P66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
χιλιαρχοσP60 · P66 | commander | χιλίαρχος | commander | χειλιαρχος | | | tribunus | tribunus | commander | ܘܟܠܝܪܟܐ | commander | χιλίαρχος | commander | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP60 · P66 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
υπηρεταιP60 · P66 | officers | ὑπηρέται | officers | ϋπηρεται | | | ministri | ministri | officers | ܘܕܚܫܐ | officers | ὑπηρέται | officers | |||||
τωνP60 · P66 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP60 · P66 | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | |||||
συνελαβονP60 · P66 | took hold of | συνέλαβον | took hold of | συνελαβον | | | comprehenderunt | comprehenderunt | took hold of | — | — | συνέλαβον | took hold of | |||||
τονP60 · P66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ινP60 · P66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܐܚܕܘܗܝ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܝܫܘܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εδησανP60 · P66 | bound | ἔδησαν | bound | εδησαν | | | ligauerunt | ligaverunt | bound | — | — | ἔδησαν | bound | |||||
αυτονP60 · P66 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܘܐܤܪܘܗܝ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
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