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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ωσP75 | when | ὡς | when | ως | | | cum | ut | when | — | — | ὡς | when | |||||
εγενετοP75 | it became | ἐγένετο | it became | εγενετο | | | factus | factus | it became | ܢܓܗܬ | it became | ἐγένετο | it became | |||||
ημεραP75 | day, | ἡμέρα, | day, | ημερα | | | est | est | day, | — | — | ἡμέρα | day, | |||||
συνηχθηP75 | were gathered together | συνήχθη | were gathered together | συνηχθη | | | dies | dies | were gathered together | ܐܬܟܢܫܘ | were gathered together | συνήχθη | were gathered together | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | congregati | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πρεσβυτερειονP75 | elderhood | πρεσβυτέριον | elderhood | πρεσβυτεριον | | | seniores | seniores | elderhood | ܩܫܝܫܐ | elderhood | πρεσβυτέριον | elderhood | |||||
τουP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | populi | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
λαουP75 | people, | λαοῦ, | people, | λαου | | | et | et | people, | — | — | λαοῦ | people, | |||||
αρχιερεισP75 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | — | | | principes | principes | chief priests | ܘܪܒܝ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
τεP75 | both | τε | both | — | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | both | — | — | καὶ | both | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܗܢܐ | and | γραμματεῖς | and | |||||
γραμματεισP75 | scribes, | γραμματεῖς, | scribes, | — | | | scribae | scribæ | scribes, | — | — | καὶ | scribes, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܤܦܪܐ | and | ἀνήγαγον | and | |||||
απηγαγονP75 | they led away | ἀπήγαγον | they led away | απηγαγον | | | — | duxerunt | they led away | ܘܐܤܩܘܗܝ | they led away | αὐτὸν | they led away | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | — | illum | Him | — | — | εἰς | Him | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܒܝܬ | into | τὸ | into | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | concilium | — | — | — | — | συνέδριον | the | |||||
συνεδριονP75 | council | συνέδριον | council | συνεδριον | | | suum | suum | council | — | — | αὐτῶν | council | |||||
αυτωνP75 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | dicentes | dicentes | of them | ܟܢܘܫܬܗܘܢ | of them | λέγοντες | of them | |||||
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