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 | ||||||||||||
ηP45 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | quaerebat | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | <the> | |||||
ηρωδιασP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | herodes | Herodias | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
δεP45 | Herodias | Ἡρῳδιὰς | Herodias | ηρωδιας | | | autem | autem | Herodias | ܗܪܘܕܝܐ | Herodias | Ἡρῳδιὰς | Herodias | |||||
ενειχενP45 | was holding it | ἐνεῖχεν | was holding it | — | | | insidiabatur | insidiabatur | was holding it | ܠܚܝܡܐ | was holding it | ἐνεῖχεν | was holding it | |||||
αυτωιP45 | against him | αὐτῷ | against him | αυτω | | | illi | illi | against him | ܗܘܬ | against him | αὐτῷ | against him | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηθελενP45 | he was wishing | ἤθελεν | he was wishing | ηθελεν | | | — | — | — | ܘܨܒܝܢ | he was wishing | ἤθελεν | he was wishing | |||||
αυτονP45 | him | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | et | volebat | him | ܗܘܬ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
αποκτειναιP45 | to kill | ἀποκτεῖναι | to kill | αποκτειναι | | | occidere | occidere | to kill | ܠܡܩܛܠܗ | to kill | ἀποκτεῖναι | to kill | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eum | eum | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκP45 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | non | nec | not | ܡܫܟܚܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ηδυνατοP45 | he was able; | ἠδύνατο· | he was able; | ηδυνατο | | | poterat | poterat | he was able; | ܗܘܬ | he was able; | ἠδύνατο | he was able; | |||||
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