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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| — | ἀναβαίνομεν | we go up | — | | | ascendimus | ascendimus | we go up | ܤܠܩܝܢ | we go up | ἀναβαίνομεν | we go up | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | hierosolyma | Jerosolymam | to | — | — | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | Ἱεροσόλυμα, | Jerusalem, | ϊεροσολυμα | | | et | et | Jerusalem, | ܚܢܢ | Jerusalem, | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | filius | Filius | and | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | hominis | hominis | Son | ܘܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | tradetur | tradetur | of Man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ||||||
| — | παραδοθήσεται | will be betrayed | παραδοθησεται | | | principibus | principibus | will be betrayed | — | — | παραδοθήσεται | will be betrayed | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῦσιν | chief priests | αρχιερευσιν | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | chief priests | ܡܫܬܠܡ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῦσιν | chief priests | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܪܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | γραμματεῦσιν, | scribes, | γραμματευσιν | | | scribis | scribis | scribes, | ܟܗܢܐ | scribes, | γραμματεῦσιν | scribes, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κατακρινοῦσιν | they will condemn | κατακρεινουσιν | | | condemnabunt | condemnabunt | they will condemn | — | — | κατακρινοῦσιν | they will condemn | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܘܢܚܝܒܘܢܝܗܝ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | θανάτῳ | to death | θανατω | | | morti | morte | to death | ܠܡܘܬܐ | to death | θανάτῳ | to death | ||||||
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