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 | ܘܫܐܠܗ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτησεν | questioned | επηρωτησεν | | | interrogauit | interrogavit | questioned | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | questioned | ἐπηρώτησεν | questioned | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܐܢܬ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | dicis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πιλᾶτος· | Pilate; | πειλατος | | | pilatus | Pilatus | Pilate; | ܗܘ | Pilate; | Πιλάτος | Pilate; | ||||||
| — | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | tu | Tu | You yourself | ܡܠܟܐ | You yourself | Σὺ | You yourself | ||||||
| — | εἶ | are | ει | | | es | es | are | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | are | εἶ | are | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλεὺς | King | βασιλευς | | | rex | rex | King | — | — | βασιλεὺς | King | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | Ἰουδαίων; | Jews? | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews? | ܗܘ | Jews? | Ἰουδαίων | Jews? | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | — | | | — | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | — | ille | answering | ܥܢܐ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | respondens | respondens | to him | ܘܐܡܪ | to him | εἶπεν | to him | ||||||
| — | λέγει· | He says; | λεγει | | | dixit | ait | He says; | ܠܗ | He says; | αὐτῷ | He says; | ||||||
| — | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | illi | illi | You yourself | ܐܢܬ | You yourself | Σὺ | You yourself | ||||||
| — | λέγεις. | have spoken. | λεγεις | | | tu | Tu | have spoken. | ܐܡܪܬ | have spoken. | λέγεις | have spoken. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||