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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP60 · P66 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
ουνP60 · P66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
παρεδωκενP60 · P66 | he delivered | παρέδωκεν | he delivered | παρεδωκεν | | | tradidit | tradidit | he delivered | ܐܫܠܡܗ | he delivered | παρέδωκεν | he delivered | |||||
αυτονP60 · P66 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eis | eis | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
αυτοισP60 · P66 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illum | illum | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
σθηP60 · P66 | He may be crucified. | σταυρωθῇ. | He may be crucified. | σταυρωθη | | | crucifigeretur | crucifigeretur | He may be crucified. | ܕܢܙܩܦܘܢܝܗܝ | He may be crucified. | σταυρωθῇ | He may be crucified. | |||||
αυτονP60 · P66 | They took | παρέλαβον | They took | παρελαβον | | | susceperunt | Susceperunt | They took | ܘܕܒܪܘܗܝ | They took | Παρέλαβον | They took | |||||
δεP60 · P66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | autem | autem | therefore | — | — | δὲ | therefore | |||||
παραλαβοντεσP60 · P66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
αυτονP60 · P66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιν | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
απηγαγονP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἀπήγαγον·P60 · P66 | they led him away; | ἀπήγαγον· | they led him away; | — | | | eduxerunt | eduxerunt | they led him away; | ܘܐܦܩܘܗܝ | they led him away; | ἤγαγον | they led him away; | |||||
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