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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP60 · P66 | Was | ἦν | Was | — | | | erat | Erat | Was | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
δεP60 · P66 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
καιαφασP60 · P66 | Caiaphas | Καϊάφας | Caiaphas | καϊαφας | | | caiphas | Caiphas | Caiaphas | ܕܝܢ | Caiaphas | Καϊάφας | Caiaphas | |||||
οP60 · P66 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | pro | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
συμβουλευσασP60 · P66 | having given counsel | συμβουλεύσας | having given counsel | συμβουλευσας | | | qui | qui | having given counsel | ܩܝܦܐ | having given counsel | συμβουλεύσας | having given counsel | |||||
τοισP60 · P66 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | populo | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
ιουδαιοισP60 · P66 | Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews | ϊουδαιοις | | | consilium | consilium | Jews | ܗܘ | Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews | |||||
οτιP60 · P66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | dederat | dederat | that | ܕܡܠܟ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
συμφερειP60 · P66 | it is profitable | συμφέρει | it is profitable | συμφερει | | | iudaeis | Judæis | it is profitable | ܠܝܗܘܕܝܐ | it is profitable | συμφέρει | it is profitable | |||||
εναP60 · P66 | for one | ἕνα | for one | — | | | quia | Quia | for one | ܕܦܩܚ | for one | ἕνα | for one | |||||
ανονP60 · P66 | man | ἄνθρωπον | man | ανθρωπον | | | expedit | expedit | man | ܕܚܕ | man | ἄνθρωπον | man | |||||
αποθανεινP60 · P66 | to die | ἀποθανεῖν | to die | αποθανειν | | | unum | unum | to die | ܓܒܪܐ | to die | ἀπολέσθαι | to die | |||||
υπερP60 · P66 | for | ὑπὲρ | for | υπερ | | | hominem | hominem | for | ܢܡܘܬ | for | ὑπὲρ | for | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
λαουP60 · P66 | people. | λαοῦ.¶ | people. | λαου | | | mori | mori | people. | ܚܠܦ | people. | λαοῦ | people. | |||||
| Next Verse Available | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||