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 | ||||||||||||
επιP66 | to | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | ad | Ad | to | ܘܟܕ | to | ἐπὶ | to | |||||
δεP66 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | ihm | Jesum | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
τονP66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | crura | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ινP66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιν | | | autem | autem | Jesus | ܠܘܬ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
ελθοντεσP66 | having come, | ἐλθόντες, | having come, | ελθοντες | | | cum | cum | having come, | ܝܫܘܥ | having come, | ἐλθόντες | having come, | |||||
ωσP66 | when | ὡς | when | ως | | | uenissent | venissent | when | ܚܙܘ | when | ὡς | when | |||||
ειδονP66 | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | ϊδον | | | ut | ut | they saw | ܕܡܝܬ | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | |||||
ηδηP66 | already | ἤδη | already | — | | | uiderunt | viderunt | already | — | — | αὐτὸν | already | |||||
αυτονP66 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܠܗ | Him | ἤδη | Him | |||||
τεθνηκοταP66 | having been dead, | τεθνηκότα, | having been dead, | — | | | iam | jam | having been dead, | ܡܢ | having been dead, | τεθνηκότα | having been dead, | |||||
ουP66 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | mortuum | mortuum | not | ܟܕܘ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
κατεαξανP66 | they did break | κατέαξαν | they did break | κατεαξαν | | | non | non | they did break | ܘܠܐ | they did break | κατέαξαν | they did break | |||||
αυτουP66 | His | αὐτοῦ | His | αυτου | | | fregerunt | fregerunt | His | ܬܒܪܘ | His | αὐτοῦ | His | |||||
ταP66 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
σκεληP66 | legs, | σκέλη, | legs, | σκελη | | | eius | ejus | legs, | ܫܩܘܗܝ | legs, | σκέλη | legs, | |||||
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