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 | ||||||||||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηγαγονP60 · P66 | they brought away | ἤγαγον | they brought away | ηγαγον | | | adduxerunt | adduxerunt | they brought away | ܠܘܬ | they brought away | ἀπήγαγον | they brought away | |||||
προσP60 · P66 | him | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | eum | eum | him | ܚܢܢ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
αννανP60 · P66 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܩܕܡ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
πρωτονP60 · P66 | Annas | Ἅνναν | Annas | ανναν | | | annam | Annam | Annas | ܡܛܠ | Annas | Ἄνναν | Annas | |||||
ηνP60 · P66 | first; | πρῶτον· | first; | πρωτον | | | primum | primum | first; | ܕܚܡܘܗܝ | first; | πρῶτον | first; | |||||
γαρP60 · P66 | he was | ἦν | he was | ην | | | erat | erat | he was | ܗܘܐ | he was | ἦν | he was | |||||
πενθεροσP60 · P66 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | father-in-law | πενθερὸς | father-in-law | πενθερος | | | socer | socer | father-in-law | ܗܘ | father-in-law | πενθερὸς | father-in-law | |||||
καιαφαP60 · P66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
οσP60 · P66 | of Caiaphas | Καϊάφα | of Caiaphas | — | | | caiphae | Caiphæ | of Caiaphas | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | of Caiaphas | Καϊάφα | of Caiaphas | |||||
ηνP60 · P66 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | qui | who | ܗܘܐ | who | ὃς | who | |||||
αρχιερευσP60 · P66 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܪܒ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | high priest | αρχιερευς | | | pontifex | pontifex | high priest | ܟܗܢܐ | high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | high priest | |||||
ενιαυτουP60 · P66 | on the | τοῦ | on the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | on the | |||||
εκεινουP60 · P66 | year | ἐνιαυτοῦ | year | ενιαυτου | | | anni | anni | year | ܕܫܢܬܐ | year | ἐνιαυτοῦ | year | |||||
ἐκείνου.P60 · P66 | same. | ἐκείνου. | same. | εκεινου | | | illius | illius | same. | ܗܝ | same. | ἐκείνου | same. | |||||
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