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 | ܘܐܫܬܘܕܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξωμολογησενP75 | he promised | ἐξωμολόγησεν | he promised | — | | | confessus | spopondit | he promised | ܠܗܘܢ | he promised | ἐξωμολόγησεν | he promised | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εζητειP75 | was seeking | ἐζήτει | was seeking | εζητει | | | est | quærebat | was seeking | ܗܘܐ | was seeking | ἐζήτει | was seeking | |||||
ευκαιριανP75 | opportunity | εὐκαιρίαν | opportunity | ευκαιριαν | | | quaerebat | opportunitatem | opportunity | ܦܠܥܐ | opportunity | εὐκαιρίαν | opportunity | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | oportunitatem | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
παραδουναιP75 | to betray | παραδοῦναι | to betray | παραδουναι | | | ut | ut | to betray | ܕܢܫܠܡܝܘܗܝ | to betray | παραδοῦναι | to betray | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | traderet | traderet | Him | ܠܗܘܢ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ατερP75 | apart from | ἄτερ | apart from | ατερ | | | eum | illum | apart from | ܒܠܥܕ | apart from | αὐτοῖς | apart from | |||||
οχλουP75 | a crowd | ὄχλου | a crowd | οχλου | | | sine | sine | a crowd | ܡܢ | a crowd | ἄτερ | a crowd | |||||
αυτοισP75 | to them. | αὐτοῖς.¶ | to them. | — | | | turba | turbis | to them. | ܟܢܫܐ | to them. | ὄχλου | to them. | |||||
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