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 | ||||||||||||
ηλθανP66 | Came | ἦλθον | Came | ηλθον | | | uenerunt | Venerunt | Came | ܘܐܬܘ | Came | Ἦλθον | Came | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܐܤܛܪܛܝܘܛܐ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οιP66 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | est | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
στρατιωταιP66 | soldiers | στρατιῶται | soldiers | στρατιωται | | | milites | milites | soldiers | — | — | στρατιῶται | soldiers | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܬܒܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουP66 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
μενP66 | indeed | μὲν | indeed | μεν | | | primi | primi | indeed | ܫܩܘܗܝ | indeed | μὲν | indeed | |||||
πρωτουP66 | first | πρώτου | first | πρωτου | | | quidem | quidem | first | — | — | πρώτου | first | |||||
κατεαξανP66 | broke | κατέαξαν | broke | κατεαξαν | | | fregerunt | fregerunt | broke | ܕܩܕܡܝܐ | broke | κατέαξαν | broke | |||||
ταP66 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | eo | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
σκεληP66 | legs | σκέλη | legs | σκελη | | | crura | crura | legs | ܘܕܗܘ | legs | σκέλη | legs | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܚܪܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουP66 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
αλλουP66 | other | ἄλλου | other | αλλου | | | alterius | alterius | other | — | — | ἄλλου | other | |||||
τουP66 | which | τοῦ | which | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | which | |||||
συνσταυρωθεντοσP66 | having been crucified with | συσταυρωθέντος | having been crucified with | — | | | qui | qui | having been crucified with | ܕܐܙܕܩܦ | having been crucified with | συσταυρωθέντος | having been crucified with | |||||
αυτωP66 | Him. | αὐτῷ. | Him. | — | | | crucifixus | crucifixus | Him. | ܥܡܗ | Him. | αὐτῷ | Him. | |||||
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