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 | ||||||||||||
οπωσP75 | that | ὅπως | that | — | | | et | et | that | ܘܐܫܠܡܘܗܝ | that | ὅπως | that | |||||
τεP75 | then | τε | then | — | | | sicut | quomodo | then | — | — | τε | then | |||||
παρεδωκανP75 | delivered up | παρέδωκαν | delivered up | παρεδωκαν | | | eum | eum | delivered up | ܪܒܝ | delivered up | παρέδωκαν | delivered up | |||||
αυτονP75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | tradiderunt | tradiderunt | him | — | — | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αρχιερεισP75 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | hunc | summi | chief priests | ܟܗܢܐ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotes | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | potentes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αρχοντεσP75 | rulers | ἄρχοντες | rulers | αρχοντες | | | et | et | rulers | — | — | ἄρχοντες | rulers | |||||
ημωνP75 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | principes | principes | of us | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | nostri | nostri | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
κριμαP75 | the judgment | κρίμα | the judgment | κριμα | | | in | in | the judgment | ܠܕܝܢܐ | the judgment | κρίμα | the judgment | |||||
θανατουP75 | of death | θανάτου | of death | θανατου | | | — | damnationem | of death | — | — | θανάτου | of death | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mortis | mortis | and | ܕܡܘܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εσταυρωσανP75 | crucified | ἐσταύρωσαν | crucified | εσταυρωσαν | | | iudicium | et | crucified | — | — | ἐσταύρωσαν | crucified | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | αυτον | | | crucifixerunt | crucifixerunt | Him. | ܘܙܩܦܘܗܝ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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