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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἐν | In | εν | | | anno | Anno | In | ܒܫܢܬ | In | Ἐν | In | ||||||
| — | ἔτει | year | ετι | | | autem | autem | year | ܚܡܫܥܤܪܐ | year | ἔτει | year | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | quintodecimo | quintodecimo | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ | fifteenth | πεντεκαιδεκατω | | | in | imperii | fifteenth | ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ | fifteenth | πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ | fifteenth | ||||||
| — | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | ||||||
| — | ἡγεμονίας | reign | ηγεμονιας | | | tiberi | Tiberii | reign | ܕܛܝܒܪܝܘܤ | reign | ἡγεμονίας | reign | ||||||
| — | Τιβερίου | of Tiberius | τιβεριου | | | ducatus | Cæsaris | of Tiberius | ܩܤܪ | of Tiberius | Τιβερίου | of Tiberius | ||||||
| — | Καίσαρος, | Caesar, | καισαρος | | | procurante | procurante | Caesar, | ܒܗܓܡܢܘܬܐ | Caesar, | Καίσαρος | Caesar, | ||||||
| — | ἡγεμονεύοντος | when is being governor | — | | | pontio | Pontio | when is being governor | — | — | ἡγεμονεύοντος | when is being governor | ||||||
| — | Ποντίου | Pontius | ποντιου | | | pilato | Pilato | Pontius | ܕܦܢܛܝܘܤ | Pontius | Ποντίου | Pontius | ||||||
| — | Πιλάτου | Pilate | πειλατου | | | iudaeae | Judæam | Pilate | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | Pilate | Πιλάτου | Pilate | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | ϊουδαιας | | | — | tetrarcha | of Judea | ܒܝܗܘܕ | of Judea | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | autem | autem | and | ܟܕ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τετρααρχοῦντος | when is being tetrarch | — | | | galilaeae | Galilææ | when is being tetrarch | ܪܫܐ | when is being tetrarch | τετραρχοῦντος | when is being tetrarch | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | — | | | caesaris | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | — | | | — | — | — | ܪܒܝܥܝܐ | of Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | ||||||
| — | Ἡρῴδου, | Herod, | ηρωδου | | | herode | Herode | Herod, | ܗܪܘܕܤ | Herod, | Ἡρῴδου | Herod, | ||||||
| — | Φιλίππου | Philip | φιλιππου | | | philippi | Philippo | Philip | ܒܓܠܝܠܐ | Philip | Φιλίππου | Philip | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | quaterducatus | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | αδελφου | | | fratris | fratre | brother | ܐܚܘܗܝ | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | when he | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | when he | ܪܫܐ | when he | αὐτοῦ | when he | ||||||
| — | τετρααρχοῦντος | is being tetrarch | — | | | — | tetrarcha | is being tetrarch | ܪܒܝܥܝܐ | is being tetrarch | τετραρχοῦντος | is being tetrarch | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | quaterducatus | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰτουραίας | of Ituraea | ιτουραιας | | | itureae | Iturææ | of Ituraea | — | — | Ἰτουραίας | of Ituraea | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܒܐܝܛܘܪܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Τραχωνίτιδος | of Trachonitis | — | | | trachonitidis | Trachonitidis | of Trachonitis | ܘܒܐܬܪܐ | of Trachonitis | Τραχωνίτιδος | of Trachonitis | ||||||
| — | χώρας | the region | — | | | regionis | regionis | the region | ܕܛܪܟܘܢܐ | the region | χώρας | the region | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܘܤܢܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Λυσανίου | Lysanias | — | | | lysaniae | Lysania | Lysanias | ܪܫܐ | Lysanias | Λυσανίου | Lysanias | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἀβιληνῆς | of Abilene | — | | | abillianetis | Abilinæ | of Abilene | ܪܒܝܥܝܐ | of Abilene | Ἀβιληνῆς | of Abilene | ||||||
| — | τετρααρχοῦντος | being tetrarch | — | | | quaterducatus | tetrarcha | being tetrarch | ܕܐܒܝܠܝܢܐ | being tetrarch | τετραρχοῦντος | being tetrarch | ||||||
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