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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγονP66 | Were saying | ἔλεγον | Were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | Dicebant | Were saying | ܘܐܡܪܘ | Were saying | Ἔλεγον | Were saying | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܪܒܝ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τωP66 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
πειλατωP66 | to Pilate | Πιλάτῳ | to Pilate | πειλατω | | | pilato | Pilato | to Pilate | ܟܗܢܐ | to Pilate | Πιλάτῳ | to Pilate | |||||
οιP66 | the | οἱ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αρχιερεισP66 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχϊερεις | | | pontifices | pontifices | chief priests | ܠܦܝܠܛܘܤ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
τωνP66 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 | Jews; | Ἰουδαίων· | Jews; | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews; | ܠܐ | Jews; | Ἰουδαίων | Jews; | |||||
μηP66 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | noli | Noli | Not | ܬܟܬܘܒ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
γραφεP66 | do write; | γράφε· | do write; | γραφε | | | scribere | scribere | do write; | ܕܡܠܟܐ | do write; | γράφε | do write; | |||||
οP66 | The | ὁ | The | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||
βασιλευσP66 | King | βασιλεὺς | King | βασιλευς | | | rex | Rex | King | — | — | βασιλεὺς | King | |||||
τωνP66 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων, | Jews, | ϊουδαιων | | | iudęorum | Judæorum | Jews, | ܗܘ | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων | Jews, | |||||
αλλP66 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | sed | sed | but | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
οτιP66 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quia | quia | for | ܐܠܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
εκεινοσP66 | He | ἐκεῖνος | He | εκεινος | | | ipse | ipse | He | ܕܗܘ | He | Ἐκεῖνος | He | |||||
ειπενP66 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said; | ܐܡܪ | said; | εἶπεν | said; | |||||
βασιλευσP66 | King | βασιλεύς | King | — | | | rex | Rex | King | ܕܡܠܟܐ | King | Βασιλεύς | King | |||||
ειμιP66 | I am | εἰμι | I am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | I am | ܐܢܐ | I am | εἰμι | I am | |||||
τωνP66 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 | Jews. | Ἰουδαίων. | Jews. | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews. | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews. | Ἰουδαίων | Jews. | |||||
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