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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | Those | οι | | | seniores | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | Those | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | At | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | κρατήσαντες | having seized | κρατησαντες | | | illi | illi | to him/those | ܕܐܚܕܘܗܝ | having seized | κρατήσαντες | having seized | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | congregati | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | tenentes | Jesum | Jesus | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἀπήγαγον | led Him away | απηγαγον | | | ihm | duxerunt | ? | ܐܘܒܠܘܗܝ | led Him away | ἀπήγαγον | led Him away | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | duxerunt | ad | to | ܠܘܬ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | Καϊάφαν | Caiaphas | — | | | ad | Caipham | ? | ܩܝܦܐ | Caiaphas | Καϊάφαν | Caiaphas | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερέα | high priest | αρχιερεα | | | caiphan | sacerdotum | ? | ܪܒ | high priest | ἀρχιερέα | high priest | ||||||
| — | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | principem | ubi | ? | ܟܗܢܐ | where | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματεῖς | scribes | γραμματεις | | | sacerdotum | scrib | ? | ܐܝܟܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | ubi | et | and | ܕܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | πρεσβυτεροι | | | scribae | seniores | ? | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | ||||||
| — | συνήχθησαν.¶ | were assembled. | συνηχθησαν | | | et | convenerant | ? | ܟܢܝܫܝܢ | were assembled. | συνήχθησαν | were assembled. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||