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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγονP45 | They were saying | ἔλεγον | They were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | Dicebant | They were saying | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | They were saying | Ἔλεγον | They were saying | |||||
δεP45 | however; | δέ· | however; | δε | | | autem | autem | however; | ܗܘܘ | however; | δέ | however; | |||||
μηP45 | Not seize him | μὴ | Not seize him | μη | | | non | Non | Not seize him | — | — | Μὴ | Not seize him | |||||
ενP45 | during | ἐν | during | εν | | | in | in | during | ܠܐ | during | ἐν | during | |||||
τηιP45 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | populo | populo | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
εορτηιP45 | feast, | ἑορτῇ, | feast, | εορτη | | | die | die | feast, | ܒܥܕܥܕܐ | feast, | ἑορτῇ | feast, | |||||
ιναP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | festo | festo | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
μηP45 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | ne | ne | not | ܕܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
θορυβοσP45 | a riot | θόρυβος | a riot | θορυβος | | | ut | forte | a riot | ܢܗܘܐ | a riot | θόρυβος | a riot | |||||
γενηταιP45 | may happen | γένηται | may happen | γενηται | | | tumultus | tumultus | may happen | — | — | γένηται | may happen | |||||
ενP45 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | fieret | fieret | among | ܫܓܘܫܝܐ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
τωιP45 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
λαωιP45 | people. | λαῷ.¶ | people. | λαω | | | in | in | people. | ܒܥܡܐ | people. | λαῷ | people. | |||||
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