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 | <the> | οι | | | perderent | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | principes | Principes | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῖς | the chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | autem | autem | the chief priests | ܟܗܢܐ | the chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | the chief priests | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | and | ܕܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | turbis | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | πρεσβυτεροι | | | et | et | elders | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | ||||||
| — | ἔπεισαν | persuaded | επεισαν | | | seniores | seniores | persuaded | ܐܦܝܤܘ | persuaded | ἔπεισαν | persuaded | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλους | crowds | οχλους | | | persuaserunt | persuaserunt | crowds | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowds | ὄχλους | crowds | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | — | populis | that | ܕܢܫܐܠܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | αἰτήσωνται | they may ask for | αιτησωνται | | | ut | ut | they may ask for | ܠܒܪ | they may ask for | αἰτήσωνται | they may ask for | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Βαραββᾶν, | Barabbas, | βαραββαν | | | peterent | peterent | Barabbas, | ܐܒܐ | Barabbas, | Βαραββᾶν | Barabbas, | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | δε | | | barabban | Barabbam | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἀπολέσωσιν.¶ | may destroy. | απολεσωσιν | | | autem | vero | may destroy. | ܕܢܘܒܕܘܢ | may destroy. | ἀπολέσωσιν | may destroy. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||