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 | ||||||||||||
συλλαβοντεσP75 | Having seized | Συλλαβόντες | Having seized | — | | | contenentes | Comprehendentes | Having seized | ܘܐܚܕܘ | Having seized | Συλλαβόντες | Having seized | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ηγαγονP75 | they led Him away | ἤγαγον | they led Him away | ηγαγον | | | — | duxerunt | they led Him away | ܠܒܝܬܗ | they led Him away | ἤγαγον | they led Him away | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | adduxerunt | ad | and | ܕܪܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εισηγαγονP75 | brought | εἰσήγαγον | brought | — | | | domum | domum | brought | ܟܗܢܐ | brought | εἰσήγαγον | brought | |||||
εισP75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | in | — | — | — | — | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
τηνP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | principis | principis | into | ܘܫܡܥܘܢ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
οικιανP75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
τουP75 | home | οἰκίαν | home | — | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | home | ܐܬܐ | home | οἶκον | home | |||||
αρχιερεωσP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
οP75 | high priest. | ἀρχιερέως. | high priest. | αρχιερεως | | | petrus | Petrus | high priest. | ܗܘܐ | high priest. | ἀρχιερέως | high priest. | |||||
δεP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
πετροσP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | a | vero | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ηκολουθειP75 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | sequebatur | sequebatur | Peter | — | — | Πέτρος | Peter | |||||
μακροθενP75 | was following | ἠκολούθει | was following | ηκολουθει | | | autem | a | was following | ܡܢ | was following | ἠκολούθει | was following | |||||
μακρόθεν.P75 | afar off. | μακρόθεν. | afar off. | μακροθεν | | | longe | longe | afar off. | ܪܘܚܩܐ | afar off. | μακρόθεν | afar off. | |||||
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