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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | esset | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | pilatus | Pilatus | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | Πιλᾶτος | Pilate | πειλατος | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | Pilate | Πιλάτος | Pilate | ||||||
| — | ἐθαύμασεν | wondered | — | | | admirabatur | mirabatur | ? | ܬܡܗ | wondered | ἐθαύμασεν | wondered | ||||||
| — | εἰ | if | ει | | | si | si | if | ܕܐܢ | if | εἰ | if | ||||||
| — | ἤδη | already | ηδη | | | iam | jam | ? | ܡܢ | already | ἤδη | already | ||||||
| — | τέθνηκεν, | He has died, | — | | | obisset | obiisset | ? | ܟܕܘ | He has died, | τέθνηκεν | He has died, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | and | ܡܝܬ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | προσκαλεσαμενος | | | — | accersito | ? | ܘܩܪܐ | having called to him | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | uocans | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | κεντυρίωνα | centurion | κεντυριωνα | | | centurionem | interrogavit | ? | ܠܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ | centurion | κεντυρίωνα | centurion | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτησεν | he questioned | επηρωτησεν | | | interrogauit | eum | him | ܘܫܐܠܗ | he questioned | ἐπηρώτησεν | he questioned | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | si | if | ܕܐܢ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| — | εἰ | whether | ει | | | si | jam | ? | ܡܢ | whether | εἰ | whether | ||||||
| — | πάλαι | of old | — | | | iam | mortuus | ? | ܩܕܡ | of old | πάλαι | of old | ||||||
| — | ἀπέθανεν. | He had died. | — | | | mortuus | esset | ? | ܥܕܢܐ | He had died. | ἀπέθανεν | He had died. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||