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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁμοίως | Likewise | ομοιως | | | similiter | Similiter | Likewise | ܗܟܘܬ | Likewise | Ὁμοίως | Likewise | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | et | et | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | principes | principes | also | ܪܒܝ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | deludentes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| — | ἐμπαίζοντες | mocking | — | | | sacerdotum | sacerdotum | mocking | ܟܗܢܐ | mocking | ἐμπαίζοντες | mocking | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | — | illudentes | with | ܡܒܙܚܝܢ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματέων | scribes | — | | | cum | cum | scribes | ܗܘܘ | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | scribis | scribis | and | ܥܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πρεσβυτέρων | elders | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | πρεσβυτέρων | elders | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | pharisaeis | senioribus | Pharisees | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | ἔλεγον· | were saying; | — | | | dicebant | dicebant | were saying; | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | were saying; | ἔλεγον | were saying; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||