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 | ||||||||||||
ιησP69 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP69 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܐܡܪ | Jesus | δὲ | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP69 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | Ἰησοῦς | then | |||||
αυτωP69 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܝܫܘܥ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
ιουδαP69 · P75 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | — | | | — | illi | to him; | ܝܗܘܕܐ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | |||||
φιληματιP69 · P75 | Judas, | Ἰούδα, | Judas, | ϊουδα | | | iuda | Juda | Judas, | ܒܢܘܫܩܬܐ | Judas, | Ἰούδα | Judas, | |||||
φιλήματιP69 · P75 | with a kiss | φιλήματι | with a kiss | φιληματι | | | osculo | osculo | with a kiss | ܡܫܠܡ | with a kiss | φιλήματι | with a kiss | |||||
τὸνP69 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υἱὸνP69 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | Filium | Son | ܐܢܬ | Son | υἱὸν | Son | |||||
τοῦP69 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ἀνθρώπουP69 · P75 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man | ܠܗ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | |||||
παραδίδως;P69 · P75 | are you betraying? | παραδίδως; | are you betraying? | παραδιδως | | | tradis | tradis | are you betraying? | ܠܒܪܗ | are you betraying? | παραδίδως | are you betraying? | |||||
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