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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὗτος | He | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this | ܗܢܐ | He | οὗτος | He | ||||||
| — | προσελθὼν | having gone | — | | | accessit | accessit | ? | ܩܪܒ | having gone | προσελθὼν | having gone | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | reddi | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πιλάτῳ | to Pilate | πειλατω | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬ | to Pilate | Πιλάτῳ | to Pilate | ||||||
| — | ᾐτήσατο | asked for | ητησατο | | | pilatum | Pilatum | ? | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | asked for | ᾐτήσατο | asked for | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | corpus | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | σῶμα | body | σωμα | | | et | petiit | ? | ܘܫܐܠ | body | σῶμα | body | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ihu | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦ. | of Jesus. | ιηυ | | | petit | corpus | ? | ܦܓܪܗ | of Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus. | ||||||
| — | τότε | Then | τοτε | | | corpus | Jesu | Jesus | ܕܝܫܘܥ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πιλᾶτος | Pilate | πειλατος | | | — | Tunc | ? | ܘܦܩܕ | Pilate | Πιλάτος | Pilate | ||||||
| — | ἐκέλευσεν | commanded it | εκελευσεν | | | tunc | Pilatus | ? | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | commanded it | ἐκέλευσεν | commanded it | ||||||
| — | ἀποδοθῆναι | to be given up | αποδοθηναι | | | pilatus | jussit | ? | ܕܢܬܝܗܒ | to be given up | ἀποδοθῆναι | to be given up | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | σῶμα.¶ | body. | σωμα | | | iussit | corpus | ? | ܠܗ | body. | σῶμα | body. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||