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 | ||||||||||||
ετιP69 · P75 | While still | Ἔτι | While still | ετι | | | adhuc | Adhuc | While still | ܘܥܕ | While still | Ἔτι | While still | |||||
δεP69 · P75 | now | δέ | now | δε | | | eo | eo | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
αυτουP69 · P75 | when he | αὐτοῦ | when he | αυτου | | | loquente | loquente | when he | ܡܡܠܠ | when he | αὐτοῦ | when he | |||||
λαλουντοσP69 · P75 | is speaking | λαλοῦντος | is speaking | λαλουντος | | | ecce | ecce | is speaking | ܗܐ | is speaking | λαλοῦντος | is speaking | |||||
ιδουP69 · P75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | turba | turba | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
οχλοσP69 · P75 | a crowd, | ὄχλος, | a crowd, | οχλος | | | et | et | a crowd, | ܘܗܘ | a crowd, | ὄχλος | a crowd, | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | qui | qui | and | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP69 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | osculatus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
λεγομενοσP69 · P75 | named | λεγόμενος | named | — | | | uocatur | vocabatur | named | ܚܕ | named | λεγόμενος | named | |||||
ιουδασP69 · P75 | Judas | Ἰούδας | Judas | ϊουδας | | | iudas | Judas | Judas | ܡܢ | Judas | Ἰούδας | Judas | |||||
εισP69 · P75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܬܪܥܤܪ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
τωνP69 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
προηρχετοP69 · P75 | Twelve | δώδεκα | Twelve | — | | | de | de | Twelve | ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ | Twelve | δώδεκα | Twelve | |||||
αυτουσP69 · P75 | was going before | προήρχετο | was going before | — | | | iscarot | duodecim | was going before | ܘܩܪܒ | was going before | προήρχετο | was going before | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | antecedebat | antecedebat | them | ܠܘܬ | them | αὐτούς | them | |||||
εγγισασP69 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eos | eos | and | ܝܫܘܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εφιλησενP69 · P75 | he drew near | ἤγγισεν | he drew near | — | | | et | et | he drew near | ܘܢܫܩܗ | he drew near | ἤγγισεν | he drew near | |||||
τονP69 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
ιηνP69 · P75 | to Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | to Jesus | ιην | | | — | appropinquavit | to Jesus | ܓܝܪ | to Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | to Jesus | |||||
φιλῆσαιP69 · P75 | to kiss | φιλῆσαι | to kiss | — | | | ihm | Jesu | to kiss | ܐܬܐ | to kiss | φιλῆσαι | to kiss | |||||
αὐτόν.P69 · P75 | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | — | | | — | ut | Him. | ܝܗܒ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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