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 | ||||||||||||
ιδωνP75 | Having seen | Ἰδὼν | Having seen | — | | | et | Videns | ? | ܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδὼν | Having seen | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | — | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | iustus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
εκατονταρχησP75 | centurion | ἑκατοντάρχης | centurion | — | | | centurio | centurio | ? | ܕܝܢ | centurion | ἑκατόνταρχος | centurion | |||||
τοP75 | that | τὸ | that | — | | | erat | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that | |||||
γενομενονP75 | having taken place | γενόμενον | having taken place | — | | | — | factum | ? | ܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ | having taken place | γενόμενον | having taken place | |||||
εδοξασενP75 | he was glorifying | ἐδόξαζεν | he was glorifying | εδοξαζεν | | | clamans | fuerat | ? | ܡܕܡ | he was glorifying | ἐδόξασεν | he was glorifying | |||||
τονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
θνP75 | God | θεὸν | God | θν | | | honorificabat | Deum | God | ܕܗܘܐ | God | θεόν | God | |||||
λεγωνP75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | — | dicens | saying | ܫܒܚ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
οντωσP75 | Certainly | ὄντως | Certainly | οντως | | | — | Vere | ? | ܠܐܠܗܐ | Certainly | Ὄντως | Certainly | |||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | dm | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ανοσP75 | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | — | | | dicens | hic | this | ܘܐܡܪ | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | |||||
ουτοσP75 | this | οὗτος | this | — | | | uere | homo | ? | ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ | this | οὗτος | this | |||||
δικαιοσP75 | righteous | δίκαιος | righteous | δικαιος | | | hic | justus | ? | ܗܢܐ | righteous | δίκαιος | righteous | |||||
ηνP75 | was. | ἦν. | was. | ην | | | homo | erat | was | ܓܒܪܐ | was. | ἦν | was. | |||||
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