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 | ||||||||||||
ἄγουσινP45 · P66 · P75 | Bring | ····· | — | — | | | adducunt | Adducunt | Bring | ܐܝܬܝܘ | Bring | Ἄγουσιν | Bring | |||||
δὲP45 · P66 · P75 | now | ····· | — | — | | | autem | autem | now | — | — | δὲ | now | |||||
οἱP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
γραμματεῖςP45 · P66 · P75 | scribes | ····· | — | — | | | scribae | scribæ | scribes | ܕܝܢ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | |||||
καὶP45 · P66 · P75 | and | ····· | — | — | | | et | et | and | ܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οἱP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ΦαρισαῖοιP45 · P66 · P75 | Pharisees | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | |||||
πρὸςP45 · P66 · P75 | to | ····· | — | — | | | pharisaei | pharisæi | to | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αὐτὸνP45 · P66 · P75 | him | ····· | — | — | | | muliere | mulierem | him | — | — | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
γυναῖκαP45 · P66 · P75 | a woman | ····· | — | — | | | in | in | a woman | ܠܐܢܬܬܐ | a woman | γυναῖκα | a woman | |||||
ἐνP45 · P66 · P75 | in | ····· | — | — | | | — | adulterio | in | ܕܐܬܬܚܕܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
μοιχείᾳP45 · P66 · P75 | adultery | ····· | — | — | | | — | deprehensam | adultery | — | — | μοιχείᾳ | adultery | |||||
κατειλημμένηνP45 · P66 · P75 | having been grasped | ····· | — | — | | | et | et | having been grasped | ܒܓܘܪܐ | having been grasped | καταληφθεῖσαν | having been grasped | |||||
καὶP45 · P66 · P75 | and | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
στήσαντεςP45 · P66 · P75 | having set | ····· | — | — | | | statuentes | statuerunt | having set | ܘܟܕ | having set | στήσαντες | having set | |||||
αὐτὴνP45 · P66 · P75 | her | ····· | — | — | | | eam | eam | her | ܐܩܝܡܘܗ | her | αὐτὴν | her | |||||
ἐνP45 · P66 · P75 | in | ····· | — | — | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
μέσῳP45 · P66 · P75 | the midst | ····· | — | — | | | medio | medio | the midst | ܒܡܨܥܬܐ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | |||||
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