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 | ||||||||||||
επηρωταP75 | He was questioning | ἐπηρώτα | He was questioning | επηρωτα | | | interrogabat | Interrogabat | He was questioning | ܘܡܠܐ | He was questioning | Ἐπηρώτα | He was questioning | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܡܫܐܠ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | multis | multis | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
λογοισP75 | words | λόγοις | words | λογοις | | | in | sermonibus | words | ܠܗ | words | λόγοις | words | |||||
ικανοισP75 | many; | ἱκανοῖς· | many; | εικανοις | | | uerbis | — | — | ܝܫܘܥ | many; | ἱκανοῖς | many; | |||||
αυτοσP75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | αυτος | | | autem | At | He himself | ܕܝܢ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
δεP75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | illi | ipse | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ουδενP75 | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | — | | | nihil | nihil | no thing | ܦܬܓܡܐ | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | |||||
απεκρινατοP75 | answered | ἀπεκρίνατο | answered | απεκρινατο | | | ille | illi | answered | ܠܐ | answered | ἀπεκρίνατο | answered | |||||
αυτωP75 | him. | αὐτῷ. | him. | αυτω | | | respondebat | respondebat | him. | ܐܬܝܒܗ | him. | αὐτῷ | him. | |||||
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