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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܡܚܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
επαταξενP75 | struck | ἐπάταξεν | struck | επαταξεν | | | percussit | percussit | struck | — | — | ἐπάταξεν | struck | |||||
εισP75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
τισP75 | a certain | τις | a certain | τις | | | eis | ex | a certain | ܡܢܗܘܢ | a certain | τις | a certain | |||||
εξP75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | — | illis | of | — | — | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | seruum | servum | them | ܠܥܒܕܗ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
τονP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | of the | |||||
δουλονP75 | high priest | ἀρχιερέως | high priest | — | | | principis | principis | high priest | ܕܪܒ | high priest | δοῦλον | high priest | |||||
τουP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
αρχιερεωσP75 | servant | δοῦλον | servant | δουλον | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | servant | — | — | ἀρχιερέως | servant | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܗܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αφειλενP75 | cut off | ἀφεῖλεν | cut off | — | | | — | amputavit | cut off | ܘܢܤܒܗ | cut off | ἀφεῖλεν | cut off | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | the | |||||
ουσP75 | ear | οὖς | ear | — | | | auriculam | auriculam | ear | — | — | τὸ | ear | |||||
αυτουP75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him | ܐܕܢܗ | of him | οὖς | of him | |||||
τοP75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | abstulit | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
δεξιονP75 | right. | δεξιόν. | right. | δεξιον | | | dextram | dexteram | right. | ܕܝܡܝܢܐ | right. | δεξιόν | right. | |||||
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