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 | ||||||||||||
ακουσασP45 | Having heard | ἀκούσας | Having heard | ακουσας | | | a | Quo | Having heard | ܟܕ | Having heard | Ἀκούσας | Having heard | |||||
δεP45 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | audito | audito | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἡρῴδης | <the> | |||||
ηρωδησP45 | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | ηρωδης | | | — | — | — | ܕܝܢ | Herod | εἶπεν | Herod | |||||
ελεγενP45 | was saying | ἔλεγεν | was saying | — | | | herodes | Herodes | was saying | ܗܪܘܕܤ | was saying | ὅτι | was saying | |||||
οτιP45 | that: | ὅτι· | that: | — | | | ait | ait | that: | ܐܡܪ | that: | Ὃν | that: | |||||
ονP45 | Whom | ὃν | Whom | ον | | | quem | Quem | Whom | ܝܘܚܢܢ | Whom | ἐγὼ | Whom | |||||
εγωP45 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܗܘ | I myself | ἀπεκεφάλισα | I myself | |||||
απεκεφαλισαP45 | beheaded | ἀπεκεφάλισα | beheaded | απεκεφαλισα | | | — | — | — | ܕܐܢܐ | beheaded | Ἰωάννην | beheaded | |||||
ιωαννηνP45 | John — | Ἰωάννην, | John — | — | | | decollaui | decollavi | John — | ܦܤܩܬ | John — | οὗτός | John — | |||||
ουτοσP45 | he | οὗτος | he | ουτος | | | — | Joannem | he | ܪܫܗ | he | ἐστιν | he | |||||
ηγερθηP45 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | — | | | hic | hic | it is | ܗܘ | it is | αὐτὸς | it is | |||||
αὐτὸςP45 | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | — | | | autem | a | he himself | ܩܡ | he himself | ἠγέρθη | he himself | |||||
ἠγέρθηP45 | is risen | ἠγέρθη | is risen | — | | | — | — | — | ܡܢ | is risen | ἐκ | is risen | |||||
ἐκP45 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | mortuis | mortuis | from | ܒܝܬ | from | νεκρῶν | from | |||||
νεκρῶν.P45 | dead. | νεκρῶν. | dead. | νεκρων | | | surrexit | resurrexit | dead. | ܡܝܬܐ | dead. | νεκρῶν. | dead. | |||||
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