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 | ||||||||||||
ανεκραγονP75 | They cried out | ἀνέκραγον | They cried out | — | | | exclamauerunt | Exclamavit | They cried out | ܩܥܘ | They cried out | Ἀνέκραξαν | They cried out | |||||
δεP75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
αυτονP75 | all together | παμπληθεὶ | all together | — | | | tolle | simul | all together | ܟܠܗ | all together | παμπληθεί | all together | |||||
πανπληθειP75 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | uniuersi | universa | saying; | ܟܢܫܐ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
λεγοντεσP75 | do remove | αἶρε | do remove | αιρε | | | hunc | turba | do remove | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | do remove | Αἶρε | do remove | |||||
αιρεP75 | this man, | τοῦτον, | this man, | τουτον | | | dicentes | dicens | this man, | ܫܩܘܠܝܗܝ | this man, | τοῦτον | this man, | |||||
τουτονP75 | do release | ἀπόλυσον | do release | απολυσον | | | tolle | Tolle | do release | ܠܗܢܐ | do release | ἀπόλυσον | do release | |||||
απολυσονP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | hunc | hunc | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
δεP75 | to us | ἡμῖν | to us | ημειν | | | — | et | to us | ܠܢ | to us | ἡμῖν | to us | |||||
ημινP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | dimitte | — | — | — | — | Βαραββᾶν | <the> | |||||
τονP75 | Barabbas; | Βαραββᾶν· | Barabbas; | βαραββαν | | | nobis | nobis | Barabbas; | ܐܒܐ | Barabbas; | Βαραββᾶν· | Barabbas; | |||||
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