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 | ܘܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | no one | ܐܢܫ | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ||||||
| — | ἐδύνατο | was able | εδυνατο | | | poterat | poterat | was able | ܐܫܟܚ | was able | ἐδύνατο | was able | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθῆναι | to answer | αποκρειθηναι | | | ei | ei | to answer | ܕܢܬܠ | to answer | αὐτῷ | to answer | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | respondere | respondere | Him | ܠܗ | Him | ἀποκριθῆναι | Him | ||||||
| — | λόγον | a word | λογον | | | uerbum | verbum | a word | ܦܬܓܡܐ | a word | λόγον | a word | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | ἐτόλμησέν | dared | ετολμησεν | | | ausus | ausus | dared | — | — | ἐτόλμησέν | dared | ||||||
| — | τις | anyone | τις | | | est | fuit | anyone | ܐܢܫ | anyone | τις | anyone | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | aliquis | quisquam | from | ܐܡܪܚ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνης | that very | εκεινης | | | ex | ex | that very | ܬܘܒ | that very | ἐκείνης | that very | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | illa | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἡμέρας | day | — | | | hora | die | day | ܡܢ | day | ἡμέρας | day | ||||||
| — | ἐπερωτῆσαι | to question | — | | | eum | eum | to question | ܗܘ | to question | ἐπερωτῆσαι | to question | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | amplius | amplius | Him | ܝܘܡܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | οὐκέτι.¶ | no longer. | ουκετι | | | interrogare | interrogare | no longer. | ܠܡܫܐܠܘܬܗ | no longer. | οὐκέτι | no longer. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||