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 | ||||||||||||
οP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | tradet | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | At | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
αποκριθεισP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | — | | | — | ipse | himself/he | ܕܝܢ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | |||||
ειπενP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | respondens | respondens | ? | ܥܢܐ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | |||||
οP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
εμβαψασP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | having dipped | ἐμβάψας | having dipped | — | | | dixit | ait | ? | ܘܐܡܪ | having dipped | ἐμβάψας | having dipped | |||||
τηνP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | qui | Qui | who/which | ܡܢ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
χειραP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | — | | | intinguet | intingit | ? | — | — | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
μετP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐν | the | |||||
εμουP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | hand | χεῖρα | hand | χειρα | | | mecum | manum | ? | ܕܨܒܥ | hand | τῷ | hand | |||||
ενP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | manum | in | in | ܐܝܕܗ | in | τρυβλίῳ | in | |||||
τωP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τρυβλιωP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | dish | τρυβλίῳ, | dish | — | | | in | paropside | ? | ܥܡܝ | dish | χεῖρα | dish | |||||
ουτοσP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | he | οὗτός | he | ουτος | | | parapside | hic | this | ܒܠܓܬܐ | he | οὗτός | he | |||||
μεP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | Me | με | Me | με | | | hic | me | me | ܗܘ | Me | με | Me | |||||
παραδωσειP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | will betray. | παραδώσει. | will betray. | παραδωσει | | | me | tradet | ? | ܢܫܠܡܢܝ | will betray. | παραδώσει | will betray. | |||||
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