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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP45 · P64+P67 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
πορευθεισP45 · P64+P67 | having gone | πορευθεὶς | having gone | πορευθεις | | | abit | abiit | having gone | ܐܙܠ | having gone | πορευθεὶς | having gone | |||||
εισP45 · P64+P67 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
τωνP45 · P64+P67 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
δωδεκαP45 · P64+P67 | Twelve, | δώδεκα, | Twelve, | — | | | duodecim | duodecim | Twelve, | ܡܢ | Twelve, | δώδεκα | Twelve, | |||||
οP45 · P64+P67 | the one | ὁ | the one | — | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
λεγομενοσP45 · P64+P67 | being named | λεγόμενος | being named | — | | | dicitur | dicebatur | being named | ܬܪܥܤܪ | being named | λεγόμενος | being named | |||||
ιουδασP45 · P64+P67 | Judas | Ἰούδας | Judas | — | | | iudas | Judas | Judas | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | Judas | Ἰούδας | Judas | |||||
ισκαριωτησP45 · P64+P67 | Iscariot, | Ἰσκαριώτης, | Iscariot, | — | | | scariotes | Iscariotes | Iscariot, | ܝܗܘܕܐ | Iscariot, | Ἰσκαριώτης | Iscariot, | |||||
προσP45 · P64+P67 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܤܟܪܝܘܛܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τουσP45 · P64+P67 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | principes | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
αρχιερεισP45 · P64+P67 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | chief priests | ܠܘܬ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
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