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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | iudicauit | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
πειλατοσP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | Et | and | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | and | δὲ | and | |||||
επεκρεινενP75 | Pilate | Πιλᾶτος | Pilate | — | | | pilatus | Pilatus | Pilate | ܕܝܢ | Pilate | Πιλάτος | Pilate | |||||
γενεσθαιP75 | sentenced | ἐπέκρινεν | sentenced | επεκρεινεν | | | — | adjudicavit | sentenced | — | — | ἐπέκρινεν | sentenced | |||||
τοP75 | to be done | γενέσθαι | to be done | γενεσθαι | | | fieri | fieri | to be done | ܦܩܕ | to be done | γενέσθαι | to be done | |||||
αιτημαP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
αυτωνP75 | demand | αἴτημα | demand | αιτημα | | | petitionem | petitionem | demand | ܕܬܗܘܐ | demand | αἴτημα | demand | |||||
αὐτῶν.P75 | of them. | αὐτῶν. | of them. | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of them. | ܫܐܠܬܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | |||||
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