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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγενP66 · P75 | He was speaking | ἔλεγεν | He was speaking | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | Respondit | He was speaking | ܐܡܪ | He was speaking | Ἔλεγεν | He was speaking | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | eis | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ιουδανP66 · P75 | of Judas | Ἰούδαν | of Judas | ϊουδαν | | | iudan | Jesus | of Judas | ܥܠ | of Judas | Ἰούδαν | of Judas | |||||
σιμωνοσP66 · P75 | son of Simon | Σίμωνος | son of Simon | σιμωνος | | | simonis | Nonne | son of Simon | ܝܗܘܕܐ | son of Simon | Σίμωνος | son of Simon | |||||
ισκαριωτουP66 · P75 | Iscariot; | Ἰσκαριώτου· | Iscariot; | — | | | scarioth | ego | Iscariot; | ܒܪ | Iscariot; | Ἰσκαριώτην | Iscariot; | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | he | οὗτος | he | ουτος | | | — | vos | he | ܫܡܥܘܢ | he | οὗτος | he | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | duodecim | duodecim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ημελλενP66 · P75 | was about | ἔμελλεν | was about | — | | | hic | elegi | was about | ܗܘ | was about | ἔμελλεν | was about | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | to betray | παραδιδόναι | to betray | παραδιδοναι | | | enim | et | to betray | ܓܝܪ | to betray | αὐτὸν | to betray | |||||
παραδιδοναιP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | incipiebat | ex | Him | ܥܬܝܕ | Him | παραδιδόναι | Him | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | tradere | vobis | one | ܗܘܐ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
ωνP66 · P75 | being | ὢν | being | — | | | unus | unus | being | ܕܢܫܠܡܝܘܗܝ | being | ὢν | being | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | — | diabolus | of | ܚܕ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
δωδεκαP66 · P75 | Twelve. | δώδεκα.¶ | Twelve. | δωδεκα | | | de | est | Twelve. | ܬܪܥܤܪ | Twelve. | δώδεκα | Twelve. | |||||
| Next Fragment: John 7:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||