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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
οP4 · P75 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | argueretur | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP4 · P75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | herodes | Herodes | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ηρωδησP4 · P75 | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | ηρωδης | | | autem | autem | Herod | ܕܝܢ | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | |||||
οP4 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
τετραρχησP4 · P75 | tetrarch | τετραάρχης | tetrarch | — | | | — | tetrarcha | tetrarch | ܛܛܪܪܟܐ | tetrarch | τετράρχης | tetrarch | |||||
ελεγχομενοσP4 · P75 | being reproved | ἐλεγχόμενος | being reproved | ελεγχομενος | | | cum | cum | being reproved | ܡܛܠ | being reproved | ἐλεγχόμενος | being reproved | |||||
υπP4 · P75 | by | ὑπ᾽ | by | ϋπ | | | — | corriperetur | by | ܕܡܬܟܤܤ | by | ὑπ’ | by | |||||
αυτουP4 · P75 | him | αὐτοῦ | him | αυτου | | | ab | ab | him | ܗܘܐ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | |||||
περιP4 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | eo | illo | concerning | ܡܢ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
ηρωδιαδοσP4 · P75 | Herodias | Ἡρῳδιάδος | Herodias | ηρωδειαδος | | | de | de | Herodias | ܝܘܚܢܢ | Herodias | Ἡρῳδιάδος | Herodias | |||||
τησP4 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
γυναικοσP4 · P75 | wife | γυναικὸς | wife | γυναικος | | | herodiade | Herodiade | wife | ܥܠ | wife | γυναικὸς | wife | |||||
τουP4 · P75 | of Philip | φιλίππου | of Philip | — | | | uxore | uxore | of Philip | — | — | τοῦ | of Philip | |||||
αδελφουP4 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀδελφοῦ | of the | |||||
αυτουP4 · P75 | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | αδελφου | | | fratris | fratris | brother | ܗܪܘܕܝܐ | brother | αὐτοῦ | brother | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | sui | sui | of him | ܐܢܬܬ | of him | καὶ | of him | |||||
περιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | and | περὶ | and | |||||
παντωνP4 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܐܚܘܗܝ | concerning | πάντων | concerning | |||||
ωνP4 · P75 | all | πάντων | all | παντων | | | omnibus | omnibus | all | ܘܥܠ | all | ὧν | all | |||||
εποιησενP4 · P75 | that | ὧν | that | ων | | | malis | malis | that | ܟܠܗܝܢ | that | ἐποίησεν | that | |||||
πονηρωνP4 · P75 | did | ἐποίησεν | did | εποιησεν | | | quaterducatus | quæ | did | ܒܝܫܬܐ | did | πονηρῶν | did | |||||
οP4 · P75 | the evils | πονηρῶν | the evils | πονηρων | | | fecit | fecit | the evils | ܕܥܒܕ | the evils | ὁ | the evils | |||||
ηρωδησP4 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | quibus | — | — | — | — | Ἡρῴδης | <the> | |||||
Ἡρῴδης,P4 · P75 | Herod, | Ἡρῴδης, | Herod, | ηρωδης | | | herodes | Herodes | Herod, | ܗܘܐ | Herod, | Ἡρῴδης, | Herod, | |||||
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