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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܤܡܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐπέθηκαν | they put up | επεθηκαν | | | inposuerunt | imposuerunt | they put up | ܠܥܠ | they put up | ἐπέθηκαν | they put up | ||||||
| — | ἐπάνω | over | επανω | | | super | super | over | ܡܢ | over | ἐπάνω | over | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλῆς | head | κεφαλης | | | caput | caput | head | — | — | κεφαλῆς | head | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܪܫܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | αἰτίαν | accusation | αιτειαν | | | causam | causam | accusation | ܥܠܬܐ | accusation | αἰτίαν | accusation | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | — | ipsius | of Him | ܕܡܘܬܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | γεγραμμένην· | written: | γεγραμμενην | | | scriptam | scriptam | written: | ܒܟܬܒܐ | written: | γεγραμμένην | written: | ||||||
| — | οὗτός | This | ουτος | | | hic | Hic | This | ܗܢܘ | This | Οὗτός | This | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλεὺς | King | βασιλευς | | | rex | rex | King | ܡܠܟܐ | King | βασιλεὺς | King | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | Ἰουδαίων.¶ | Jews. | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews. | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews. | Ἰουδαίων | Jews. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||