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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP45 · P73 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
συνηχθησανP45 · P73 | were gathered together | συνήχθησαν | were gathered together | συνηχθησαν | | | congregati | congregati | were gathered together | ܐܬܟܢܫܘ | were gathered together | συνήχθησαν | were gathered together | |||||
οιP45 · P73 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | dicitur | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αρχιερεισP45 · P73 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχειερεις | | | sunt | sunt | chief priests | ܪܒܝ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
καιP45 · P73 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | principes | principes | and | ܟܗܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP45 · P73 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | caiphas | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | |||||
πρεσβυτεροιP45 · P73 | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | — | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | scribes | ܘܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | |||||
τουP45 · P73 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
λαουP45 · P73 | the | οἱ | the | — | | | plebis | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
εισP45 · P73 | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | πρεσβυτεροι | | | seniores | seniores | elders | — | — | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | |||||
τηνP45 · P73 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
αυληνP45 · P73 | people | λαοῦ | people | λαου | | | — | populi | people | ܕܥܡܐ | people | λαοῦ | people | |||||
τουP45 · P73 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | in | in | in | ܠܕܪܬܗ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
αρχιερεωσP45 · P73 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τουP45 · P73 | courtyard | αὐλὴν | courtyard | αυλην | | | atrium | atrium | courtyard | ܕܪܒ | courtyard | αὐλὴν | courtyard | |||||
λεγομενουP45 · P73 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
καιαφαP45 · P73 | high priest | ἀρχιερέως | high priest | αρχιερεως | | | principis | principis | high priest | ܟܗܢܐ | high priest | ἀρχιερέως | high priest | |||||
τοῦP45 · P73 | who | τοῦ | who | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | who | |||||
λεγομένουP45 · P73 | is being named | λεγομένου | is being named | λεγομενου | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | is being named | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | is being named | λεγομένου | is being named | |||||
ΚαϊάφαP45 · P73 | Caiaphas | Καϊάφα | Caiaphas | — | | | qui | qui | Caiaphas | ܩܝܦܐ | Caiaphas | Καϊάφα | Caiaphas | |||||
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