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 | ||||||||||||
οP60 · P66 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
ουνP60 · P66 | Then | οὖν | Then | ουν | | | pontifex | Pontifex | Then | ܪܒ | Then | οὖν | Then | |||||
αρχιερευσP60 · P66 | the high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | the high priest | αρχϊερευς | | | ergo | ergo | the high priest | ܟܗܢܐ | the high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | the high priest | |||||
ηρωτησενP60 · P66 | questioned | ἠρώτησεν | questioned | ηρωτησεν | | | interrogauit | interrogavit | questioned | — | — | ἠρώτησεν | questioned | |||||
τονP60 · P66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ινP60 · P66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιν | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
περιP60 · P66 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܫܐܠܗ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
τωνP60 · P66 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
μαθητωνP60 · P66 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܠܝܫܘܥ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | |||||
αυτουP60 · P66 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | suis | suis | of Him | ܥܠ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
περιP60 · P66 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
τησP60 · P66 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
διδαχησP60 · P66 | teaching | διδαχῆς | teaching | διδαχης | | | doctrina | doctrina | teaching | ܘܥܠ | teaching | διδαχῆς | teaching | |||||
αυτουP60 · P66 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܝܘܠܦܢܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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