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 | ||||||||||||
εγενετοP75 | Became | ἐγένοντο | Became | — | | | et | Et | Became | ܘܒܗܘ | Became | Ἐγένοντο | Became | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | facti | facti | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
φιλοιP75 | friends | φίλοι | friends | — | | | sunt | sunt | friends | — | — | φίλοι | friends | |||||
οP75 | <the> | ὅ | <the> | — | | | cum | — | — | — | — | ὅ | <the> | |||||
τεP75 | both | τε | both | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܘܘ | both | τε | both | |||||
ηρωδησP75 | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | — | | | amici | amici | Herod | ܪܚܡܐ | Herod | Πιλάτος | Herod | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | herodes | Herodes | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
πειλατοσP75 | Pilate | Πιλᾶτος | Pilate | — | | | — | et | Pilate | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | Pilate | Ἡρῴδης | Pilate | |||||
ενP75 | on | ἐν | on | — | | | pilatus | Pilatus | on | ܘܗܪܘܕܤ | on | ἐν | on | |||||
εκεινηP75 | that | αὐτῇ | that | — | | | in | in | that | ܥܡ | that | αὐτῇ | that | |||||
τηP75 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | — | | | essent | — | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
ημεραP75 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡμέρᾳ | day | |||||
μετP75 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | ipso | ipsa | with | ܚܕܕܐ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
αλληλωνP75 | one another; | ἀλλήλων· | one another; | — | | | die | die | one another; | ܒܥܠܕܒܒܘܬܐ | one another; | ἀλλήλων | one another; | |||||
προυπηρχενP75 | they were formerly | προϋπῆρχον | they were formerly | — | | | — | nam | they were formerly | ܗܘܬ | they were formerly | προϋπῆρχον | they were formerly | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | autem | antea | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ενP75 | at | ἐν | at | — | | | in | inimici | at | ܓܝܪ | at | ἐν | at | |||||
εχθραP75 | enmity | ἔχθρᾳ | enmity | — | | | — | — | — | ܡܢ | enmity | ἔχθρᾳ | enmity | |||||
οντεσP75 | they were | ὄντες | they were | οντες | | | — | erant | they were | — | — | ὄντες | they were | |||||
προσP75 | between | πρὸς | between | — | | | — | ad | between | ܩܕܝܡ | between | πρὸς | between | |||||
αυτουσP75 | them. | αὐτούς.¶ | them. | — | | | lite | invicem | them. | ܒܝܢܬܗܘܢ | them. | ἑαυτούς | them. | |||||
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