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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܝܗܘܕܐ | and | Ἰούδαν | and | |||||
ιουδανP4 · P75 | Judas son | Ἰούδαν | Judas son | ϊουδαν | | | iudan | Judam | Judas son | ܒܪ | Judas son | Ἰακώβου | Judas son | |||||
ιακωβουP4 · P75 | of James | Ἰακώβου | of James | ϊακωβου | | | iacobi | Jacobi | of James | — | — | καὶ | of James | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܝܥܩܘܒ | and | Ἰούδαν | and | |||||
ιουδανP4 · P75 | Judas | Ἰούδαν | Judas | ϊουδαν | | | inscarioth | — | — | ܘܝܗܘܕܐ | Judas | Ἰσκαριώτην | Judas | |||||
ισκαριωθP4 · P75 | Iscariot | Ἰσκαριὼθ | Iscariot | — | | | iudan | Judam | Iscariot | ܤܟܪܝܘܛܐ | Iscariot | ὃς | Iscariot | |||||
ὃςP4 · P75 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | etiam | Iscariotem | who | ܗܘ | who | καὶ | who | |||||
καὶP4 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | qui | qui | also | — | — | ἐγένετο | also | |||||
ἐγένετοP4 · P75 | became | ἐγένετο | became | εγενετο | | | et | fuit | became | ܕܗܘܐ | became | προδότης | became | |||||
προδότης.P4 · P75 | the betrayer. | προδότης. | the betrayer. | προδοτης | | | — | proditor | the betrayer. | ܡܫܠܡܢܐ | the betrayer. | προδότης. | the betrayer. | |||||
| Next Verse Available | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||