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 | ||||||||||||
οιP75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | illi | illi | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
επεφωνουνP75 | they were crying out | ἐπεφώνουν | they were crying out | — | | | — | succlamabant | they were crying out | ܩܥܝܢ | they were crying out | ἐπεφώνουν | they were crying out | |||||
λεγονP75 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | — | | | clamauerunt | dicentes | saying; | ܗܘܘ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
σταυρουP75 | do crucify | σταύρου | do crucify | σταυρου | | | crucifige | Crucifige | do crucify | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | do crucify | Σταύρωσον | do crucify | |||||
σταυρουP75 | do crucify | σταύρου | do crucify | σταυρου | | | crucifige | crucifige | do crucify | ܙܩܘܦܝܗܝ | do crucify | σταύρωσον | do crucify | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him. | αὐτόν.¶ | Him. | — | | | eum | eum | Him. | ܙܩܘܦܝܗܝ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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