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 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܓܒܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
ανηρP75 | a man | ἀνὴρ | a man | ανηρ | | | uir | vir | a man | ܚܕ | a man | ἀνὴρ | a man | |||||
ονοματιP75 | named | ὀνόματι | named | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | named | ܕܫܡܗ | named | ὀνόματι | named | |||||
ιωσηφP75 | Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | Joseph | ϊωσηφ | | | ioseph | Joseph | Joseph | ܝܘܤܦ | Joseph | Ἰωσήφ | Joseph | |||||
βουλευτησP75 | a Council member | βουλευτὴς | a Council member | βουλευτης | | | cum | qui | a Council member | ܒܘܠܘܛܐ | a Council member | βουλευτὴς | a Council member | |||||
υπαρχωP75 | being | ὑπάρχων, | being | ϋπαρχων | | | — | erat | being | ܡܢ | being | ὑπάρχων | being | |||||
καιP75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | decurio | decurio | also | ܪܡܬܐ | also | ἀνὴρ | also | |||||
ανηρP75 | a man | ἀνὴρ | a man | — | | | esset | vir | a man | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | a man | ἀγαθὸς | a man | |||||
αγαθοσP75 | good | ἀγαθὸς | good | αγαθος | | | bonus | bonus | good | ܕܝܗܘܕ | good | καὶ | good | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܓܒܪܐ | and | δίκαιος- | and | |||||
δικαιοσP75 | righteous; | δίκαιος· | righteous; | δικαιος | | | iustus | justus | righteous; | ܗܘܐ | righteous; | δίκαιος· | righteous; | |||||
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