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 | ||||||||||||
πληνP75 | But | πλὴν | But | πλην | | | uerumtamen | Verumtamen | But | ܒܪܡ | But | Πλὴν | But | |||||
ιδουP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
ηP75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
χειρP75 | hand | χεὶρ | hand | χειρ | | | manus | manus | hand | ܗܐ | hand | χεὶρ | hand | |||||
τουP75 | of the one | τοῦ | of the one | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the one | |||||
παραδιδοντοσP75 | betraying | παραδιδόντος | betraying | παραδιδοντος | | | tradet | tradentis | betraying | ܐܝܕܗ | betraying | παραδιδόντος | betraying | |||||
μεP75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | — | — | με | Me | |||||
μετP75 | is with | μετ᾽ | is with | — | | | — | mecum | is with | ܕܡܫܠܡܢܝ | is with | μετ’ | is with | |||||
εμουP75 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | — | | | — | est | Me | ܥܠ | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
επιP75 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | — | in | on | — | — | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τησP75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | super | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
τραπεζησP75 | table. | τραπέζης. | table. | τραπεζης | | | mensa | mensa | table. | ܦܬܘܪܐ | table. | τραπέζης | table. | |||||
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