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 | ||||||||||||
πειλατοσP75 | Pilate | Πιλᾶτος | Pilate | — | | | pilatus | Pilatus | Pilate | ܩܪܐ | Pilate | Πιλάτος | Pilate | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
συνκαλεσαμενοσP75 | having called together | συγκαλεσάμενος | having called together | — | | | conuocans | convocatis | having called together | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | having called together | συγκαλεσάμενος | having called together | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | plebem | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
αρχιερεισP75 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | principes | principibus | chief priests | — | — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | and | ܠܪܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | principes | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
αρχοντασP75 | rulers | ἄρχοντας | rulers | αρχοντας | | | et | et | rulers | ܟܗܢܐ | rulers | ἄρχοντας | rulers | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | magistratibus | and | ܘܠܐܪܟܘܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | omnem | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
λαοP75 | people | λαὸν | people | λαον | | | et | et | people | ܘܠܥܡܐ | people | λαόν | people | |||||
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