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 | ||||||||||||
αποκριθεισP45 · P75 | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | Respondens | Answering | ܘܥܢܐ | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δέ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | |||||
τισP45 · P75 | one | τις | one | τις | | | quidam | quidam | one | ܡܢ | one | τις | one | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
νομικωνP45 · P75 | lawyers | νομικῶν | lawyers | νομικων | | | legis | legisperitis | lawyers | ܘܐܡܪ | lawyers | νομικῶν | lawyers | |||||
λεγειP45 · P75 | says | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | doctoribus | ait | says | ܠܗ | says | λέγει | says | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | illi | illi | to Him; | ܡܠܦܢܐ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
διδασκαλεP45 · P75 | Teacher, | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | magister | Magister | Teacher, | ܟܕ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | |||||
ταυταP45 · P75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | dicens | hæc | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
λεγωνP45 · P75 | saying | λέγων | saying | λεγων | | | dicit | dicens | saying | ܐܡܪ | saying | λέγων | saying | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | etiam | also | ܐܢܬ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
ημασP45 · P75 | us | ἡμᾶς | us | ημας | | | — | contumeliam | us | ܐܦ | us | ἡμᾶς | us | |||||
υβριζεισP45 · P75 | You insult. | ὑβρίζεις.¶ | You insult. | ϋβρειζεις | | | nobis | nobis | You insult. | ܠܢ | You insult. | ὑβρίζεις | You insult. | |||||
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