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 | ||||||||||||
ιδοντεσP75 | Having seen | ἰδόντες | Having seen | ϊδοντες | | | uidentes | Videntes | Having seen | ܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδόντες | Having seen | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
οιP75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | eum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
περιP75 | around | περὶ | around | περι | | | qui | qui | around | ܕܝܢ | around | περὶ | around | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | circa | circa | Him | ܐܝܠܝܢ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
τοP75 | what | τὸ | what | το | | | factum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | what | |||||
εσομενονP75 | will be | ἐσόμενον | will be | — | | | est | erant | will be | ܕܥܡܗ | will be | ἐσόμενον | will be | |||||
ειπανP75 | they said | εἶπαν | they said | ειπαν | | | quod | quod | they said | ܡܕܡ | they said | εἶπον | they said | |||||
κεP75 | to him: | αὐτῷ· | to him: | — | | | dmo | futurum | to him: | ܕܗܘܐ | to him: | αὐτῷ | to him: | |||||
ειP75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | percutiemus | erat | Lord, | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
παταξομενP75 | if | εἰ | if | ει | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | if | ܠܗ | if | εἰ | if | |||||
ενP75 | will we strike | πατάξομεν | will we strike | παταξομεν | | | in | ei | will we strike | ܡܪܢ | will we strike | πατάξομεν | will we strike | |||||
μαχαιρηP75 | with the | ἐν | with the | εν | | | gladio | Domine | with the | ܢܡܚܐ | with the | ἐν | with the | |||||
μαχαίρῃ;P75 | sword? | μαχαίρῃ; | sword? | μαχαιρη | | | si | si | sword? | ܐܢܘܢ | sword? | μαχαίρᾳ | sword? | |||||
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