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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܥܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | — | | | autem | qu | ? | ܗܘܘ | were seeking | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερις | | | principes | rebant | ? | ܪܒܝ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | sacerdotum | principes | ? | ܟܗܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | — | | | quaerebant | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματεῖς | scribes | γραμματεις | | | perderent | sacerdotum | ? | ܘܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | πῶς | how | πως | | | scribae | scrib | ? | ܕܐܝܟܢܐ | how | πῶς | how | ||||||
| — | ἀνέλωσιν | they may execute | — | | | quomodo | quomodo | ? | ܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ | they may execute | ἀνέλωσιν | they may execute | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν· | him; | αυτον | | | eum | Jesum | Jesus | ܕܚܠܝܢ | him; | αὐτόν | him; | ||||||
| — | ἐφοβοῦντο | they were afraid | — | | | autem | interficerent | ? | ܗܘܘ | they were afraid | ἐφοβοῦντο | they were afraid | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | — | | | timebant | timebant | ? | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | τὸν | of the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | of the | ||||||
| — | λαόν. | people. | λαον | | | populum | plebem | ? | ܡܢ | people. | λαόν | people. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||