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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
λέγουσινP45 · P66 · P75 | they say | ····· | — | — | | | — | et | they say | ܐܡܪܝܢ | they say | λέγουσιν | they say | |||||
αὐτῷ,P45 · P66 · P75 | to Him, | ····· | — | — | | | — | dixerunt | to Him, | ܠܗ | to Him, | αὐτῷ | to Him, | |||||
πειράζοντεςP45 · P66 · P75 | testing | ····· | — | — | | | — | ei | testing | ܡܠܦܢܐ | testing | πειράζοντες | testing | |||||
διδάσκαλε,P45 · P66 · P75 | Teacher, | ····· | — | — | | | magister | Magister | Teacher, | ܗܕܐ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | |||||
αὕτηP45 · P66 · P75 | this | ····· | — | — | | | — | hæc | this | ܐܢܬܬܐ | this | αὕτη | this | |||||
ἡP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ····· | — | — | | | mulier | mulier | <the> | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
γυνὴP45 · P66 · P75 | woman | ····· | — | — | | | — | modo | woman | ܐܬܬܚܕܬ | woman | γυνὴ | woman | |||||
κατείληφθηP45 · P66 · P75 | was grasped | ····· | — | — | | | — | deprehensa | was grasped | ܓܠܝܐܝܬ | was grasped | κατελήφθη | was grasped | |||||
ἐπ᾽P45 · P66 · P75 | in | ····· | — | — | | | est | est | in | ܒܗ | in | ἐπ’ | in | |||||
αὐτοφώρῳP45 · P66 · P75 | the very act | ····· | — | — | | | in | in | the very act | ܒܤܘܥܪܢܐ | the very act | αὐτοφόρῳ | the very act | |||||
μοιχευομένη·P45 · P66 · P75 | committing adultery; | ····· | — | — | | | adulterio | adulterio | committing adultery; | ܕܓܘܪܐ | committing adultery; | μοιχευομένη | committing adultery; | |||||
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