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 | ||||||||||||
τινεσP66 · P75 | Some | τινὲς | Some | τινες | | | quidam | Quidam | Some | ܘܐܝܬ | Some | Τινὲς | Some | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ηθελονP66 · P75 | were desiring | ἤθελον | were desiring | ηθελον | | | ex | ex | were desiring | ܐܢܫܝܢ | were desiring | ἤθελον | were desiring | |||||
εξP66 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | illis | ipsis | of | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | uolebant | volebant | them | ܕܨܒܝܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
πιασαιP66 · P75 | to seize | πιάσαι | to seize | πιασαι | | | adpraehendere | apprehendere | to seize | ܗܘܘ | to seize | πιάσαι | to seize | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him, | αὐτόν, | Him, | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him, | ܕܢܐܚܕܘܢܝܗܝ | Him, | αὐτόν | Him, | |||||
αλλP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | αλλ | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
ουδεισP66 · P75 | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | no one | ܠܐ | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | |||||
επεβαλενP66 · P75 | laid | ἐπέβαλεν | laid | επεβαλεν | | | misit | misit | laid | ܐܢܫ | laid | ἐπέβαλεν | laid | |||||
επP66 · P75 | on | ἐπ᾽ | on | επ | | | — | super | on | ܐܪܡܝ | on | ἐπ’ | on | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | in | eum | Him | ܥܠܘܗܝ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
τασP66 · P75 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | illum | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
χειρασP66 · P75 | hands. | χεῖρας.¶ | hands. | χειρας | | | manums | manus | hands. | ܐܝܕܝܐ | hands. | χεῖρας | hands. | |||||
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