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 | ||||||||||||
| — | συνηγμένων | When were assembled | συνηγμενων | | | congregatis | Congregatis | ? | ܘܟܕ | When were assembled | Συνηγμένων | When were assembled | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | — | | | autem | ergo | therefore | ܟܢܝܫܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | they | αυτων | | | illis | illis | to them | ܐܡܪ | they | αὐτῶν | they | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | pilatus | Pilatus | ? | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πιλᾶτος· | Pilate; | πειλατος | | | quem | Quem | whom | ܠܡܢ | Pilate; | Πιλάτος | Pilate; | ||||||
| — | τίνα | Whom | τινα | | | uultis | vultis | ? | ܨܒܝܢ | Whom | Τίνα | Whom | ||||||
| — | θέλετε | do you want that | — | | | — | dimittam | ? | ܐܢܬܘܢ | do you want that | θέλετε | do you want that | ||||||
| — | ἀπολύσω | I may release | — | | | dimittam | vobis | ? | ܕܐܫܪܐ | I may release | ἀπολύσω | I may release | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν; | to you? | ϋμειν | | | uobis | Barabbam | ? | ܠܟܘܢ | to you? | ὑμῖν | to you? | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | — | | | barabban | an | ? | ܠܒܪ | Jesus | Βαραββᾶν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | — | | | illis | — | — | — | — | ἢ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Βαραββᾶν | Barabbas | βαραββαν | | | — | Jesum | Jesus | ܐܒܐ | Barabbas | Ἰησοῦν | Barabbas | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | ihm | — | — | — | — | τὸν | or | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | qui | qui | who/which | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | λεγόμενον | Jesus | ||||||
| — | τὸν | who | τον | | | aut | — | — | — | — | χριστόν | who | ||||||
| — | λεγόμενον | is named | λεγομενον | | | dicitur | dicitur | ? | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | is named | λεγόμενον | is named | ||||||
| — | χριστόν; | Christ? | — | | | xps | Christus | Christ | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ? | χριστόν; | Christ? | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||