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 | ||||||||||||
αλλP75 | But | ἀλλ᾽ | But | αλλ | | | sed | Sed | But | ܐܠܐ | But | ἀλλ’ | But | |||||
ουδεP75 | not even did | οὐδὲ | not even did | ουδε | | | nec | neque | not even did | ܐܦܠܐ | not even did | οὐδὲ | not even did | |||||
ηρωδησP75 | Herod; | Ἡρῴδης· | Herod; | ηρωδης | | | herodes | Herodes | Herod; | — | — | Ἡρῴδης | Herod; | |||||
ανεπεμψενP75 | he sent back | ἀνέπεμψεν | he sent back | — | | | missi | nam | he sent back | ܗܪܘܕܤ | he sent back | ἀνέπεμψα | he sent back | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | remisi | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | uos | vos | Him | ܓܝܪ | Him | ὑμᾶς | Him | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
ημασP75 | us | ἡμᾶς, | us | — | | | eum | illum | us | — | — | αὐτόν | us | |||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܗܐ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | — | | | in | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
ουδενP75 | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | ουδεν | | | nihil | nihil | no thing | ܡܕܡ | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | |||||
αξιονP75 | worthy | ἄξιον | worthy | αξιον | | | dignum | dignum | worthy | ܕܫܘܐ | worthy | ἄξιον | worthy | |||||
θανατουP75 | of death | θανάτου | of death | θανατου | | | mortis | morte | of death | — | — | θανάτου | of death | |||||
εστινP75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | — | | | actum | actum | is | ܠܡܘܬܐ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
πεπραγμενονP75 | done | πεπραγμένον | done | πεπραγμενον | | | est | est | done | ܤܥܝܪ | done | πεπραγμένον | done | |||||
αυτωP75 | by Him. | αὐτῷ. | by Him. | αυτω | | | eo | ei | by Him. | ܠܗ | by Him. | αὐτῷ | by Him. | |||||
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