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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP45 · P64+P67 | he said; | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | et | et | he said; | ܘܐܡܪ | he said; | εἶπεν | he said; | |||||
τιP45 · P64+P67 | What | τί | What | τι | | | ait | ait | What | ܠܗܘܢ | What | Τί | What | |||||
θελετεP45 · P64+P67 | are you willing | θέλετέ | are you willing | θελετε | | | illis | illis | are you willing | ܡܢܐ | are you willing | θέλετέ | are you willing | |||||
μοιP45 · P64+P67 | me | μοι | me | μοι | | | quid | Quid | me | ܨܒܝܢ | me | μοι | me | |||||
δουναιP45 · P64+P67 | to give, | δοῦναι, | to give, | δουναι | | | uultis | vultis | to give, | ܐܢܬܘܢ | to give, | δοῦναι | to give, | |||||
καγωP45 · P64+P67 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | — | | | mihi | mihi | and I myself | ܠܡܬܠ | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | |||||
υμινP45 · P64+P67 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | dare | dare | to you | ܠܝ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
παραδωσωP45 · P64+P67 | will betray | παραδώσω | will betray | παραδωσω | | | et | et | will betray | ܘܐܢܐ | will betray | παραδώσω | will betray | |||||
αυτονP45 · P64+P67 | Him? | αὐτόν;¶ | Him? | αυτον | | | ego | ego | Him? | ܡܫܠܡ | Him? | αὐτόν | Him? | |||||
οιP45 · P64+P67 | <the> | Οἱ | <the> | — | | | uobis | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P64+P67 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | eum | eum | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
εστησανP45 · P64+P67 | they appointed | ἔστησαν | they appointed | εστησαν | | | trado | tradam | they appointed | ܠܟܘܢ | they appointed | ἔστησαν | they appointed | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P64+P67 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | autem | At | to him | ܗܢܘܢ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
τριακονταP45 · P64+P67 | thirty | τριάκοντα | thirty | — | | | illi | illi | thirty | ܕܝܢ | thirty | τριάκοντα | thirty | |||||
αργυριαP45 · P64+P67 | pieces of silver. | ἀργύρια. | pieces of silver. | — | | | — | constituerunt | pieces of silver. | ܐܩܝܡܘ | pieces of silver. | ἀργύρια | pieces of silver. | |||||
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