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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθηP45 · P66 · P75 | Answered | ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | απεκρειθη | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܐܡܪ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P66 · P75 | them | αὐτοῖς | them | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτοῖς | them | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 · P66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
πολλαP45 · P66 · P75 | Many | πολλὰ | Many | πολλα | | | multa | Multa | Many | ܤܓܝܐܐ | Many | Πολλὰ | Many | |||||
εργαP45 · P66 · P75 | works | ἔργα | works | — | | | bona | bona | works | ܥܒܕܐ | works | καλὰ | works | |||||
καλαP45 · P66 · P75 | good | καλὰ | good | καλα | | | opera | opera | good | ܫܦܝܪܐ | good | ἔργα | good | |||||
εδειξαP45 · P66 · P75 | I have shown | ἔδειξα | I have shown | εδειξα | | | ostendi | ostendi | I have shown | ܡܢ | I have shown | ἔδειξα | I have shown | |||||
υμινP45 · P66 · P75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܠܘܬ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
εκP45 · P66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | — | ex | from | ܐܒܝ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πρσP45 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατρός | Father | πατρος | | | patre | Patre | Father | ܚܘܝܬܟܘܢ | Father | πατρός | Father | |||||
διαP45 · P66 · P75 | of mine; | μου· | of mine; | — | | | me | meo | of mine; | ܡܛܠ | of mine; | μου | of mine; | |||||
ποιονP45 · P66 · P75 | because of | διὰ | because of | δια | | | propter | propter | because of | ܐܝܢܐ | because of | διὰ | because of | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P66 · P75 | which | ποῖον | which | ποιον | | | quod | quod | which | ܥܒܕܐ | which | ποῖον | which | |||||
εργονP45 · P66 · P75 | of these | αὐτῶν | of these | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of these | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of these | αὐτῶν | of these | |||||
εμεP45 · P66 · P75 | work | ἔργον | work | εργον | | | opus | opus | work | ܪܓܡܝܢ | work | ἔργον | work | |||||
λιθαζετεP45 · P66 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | — | | | a | me | Me myself | ܐܢܬܘܢ | Me myself | λιθάζετέ | Me myself | |||||
λιθάζετε;¶P45 · P66 · P75 | do you stone | λιθάζετε;¶ | do you stone | λιθαζετε | | | lapidastis | lapidatis | do you stone | ܠܝ | do you stone | με | do you stone | |||||
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