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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܡܚܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | εὐθὺς | early | — | | | confestim | confestim | early | ܒܨܦܪܐ | early | εὐθέως | early | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | — | | | mane | mane | upon | ܥܒܕܘ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | — | | | . | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | πρωῒ | in the morning | πρωι | | | consilium | consilium | in the morning | ܡܠܟܐ | in the morning | πρωῒ | in the morning | ||||||
| — | συμβούλιον | a counsel | — | | | — | facientes | a counsel | ܪܒܝ | a counsel | συμβούλιον | a counsel | ||||||
| — | ποιήσαντες | having formed | — | | | summi | summi | having formed | — | — | ποιήσαντες | having formed | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | fecerunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | sacerdotes | sacerdotes | chief priests | ܟܗܢܐ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | ܥܡ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | πρεσβυτέρων | elders | πρεσβυτερων | | | senioribus | senioribus | elders | ܩܫܝܫܐ | elders | πρεσβυτέρων | elders | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܥܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | γραμματέων | scribes | γραμματεων | | | scribis | scribis | scribes | ܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܥܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὅλον | all | ολον | | | uniuerso | universo | all | ܟܠܗ | all | ὅλον | all | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | συνέδριον, | Council, | συνεδριον | | | concilio | concilio | Council, | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | Council, | συνέδριον | Council, | ||||||
| — | δήσαντες | having bound | — | | | uinctum | vincientes | having bound | — | — | δήσαντες | having bound | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | — | | | atrium | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | — | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܘܐܤܪܘ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἀπήνεγκαν | they led Him away | — | | | duxerunt | duxerunt | they led Him away | ܠܝܫܘܥ | they led Him away | ἀπήνεγκαν | they led Him away | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܘܒܠܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | παρέδωκαν | delivered Him | παρεδωκαν | | | tradiderunt | tradiderunt | delivered Him | ܘܐܫܠܡܘܗܝ | delivered Him | παρέδωκαν | delivered Him | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πιλάτῳ.¶ | to Pilate. | πειλατω | | | pilato | Pilato | to Pilate. | ܠܦܝܠܛܘܤ | to Pilate. | Πιλάτῳ | to Pilate. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||