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 | ||||||||||||
απεστειλενP60 · P66 | Sent | Ἀπέστειλεν | Sent | απεστειλεν | | | et | Et | Sent | ܚܢܢ | Sent | Ἀπέστειλεν | Sent | |||||
ουνP60 · P66 | then | οὖν | then | — | | | misit | misit | then | ܕܝܢ | then | αὐτὸν | then | |||||
αυτονP60 · P66 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܫܕܪ | Him | ὁ | Him | |||||
οP60 · P66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἄννας | <the> | |||||
αννασP60 · P66 | Annas | Ἅννας | Annas | αννας | | | annas | Annas | Annas | ܟܕ | Annas | δεδεμένον | Annas | |||||
δεδεμενονP60 · P66 | bound | δεδεμένον | bound | δεδεμενον | | | ligatum | ligatum | bound | ܐܤܝܪ | bound | πρὸς | bound | |||||
προσP60 · P66 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬ | to | Καϊάφαν | to | |||||
καιαφανP60 · P66 | Caiaphas | Καϊάφαν | Caiaphas | καιαφαν | | | caiphan | Caipham | Caiaphas | ܩܝܦܐ | Caiaphas | τὸν | Caiaphas | |||||
τονP60 · P66 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀρχιερέα | the | |||||
αρχιερεαP60 · P66 | high priest. | ἀρχιερέα. | high priest. | αρχιερεα | | | pontificem | pontificem | high priest. | ܟܗܢܐ | high priest. | ἀρχιερέα. | high priest. | |||||
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