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 | απεκριθη | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܐܡܪ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ιηP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ουκP45 · P66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
εστινP45 · P66 · P75 | Surely | οὐκ | Surely | ουκ | | | non | Nonne | Surely | — | — | Οὐκ | Surely | |||||
γεγραμμενονP45 · P66 · P75 | it is | ἔστιν | it is | εστιν | | | scriptum | scriptum | it is | ܠܐ | it is | ἔστιν | it is | |||||
ενP45 · P66 · P75 | written | γεγραμμένον | written | γεγραμμενον | | | est | est | written | ܗܘܐ | written | γεγραμμένον | written | |||||
τηιP45 · P66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܗܟܢܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
γραφηιP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ενP45 · P66 · P75 | law | νόμῳ | law | νομω | | | lege | lege | law | ܟܬܝܒ | law | νόμῳ | law | |||||
τωιP45 · P66 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | quoniam | vestra | of you | ܒܢܡܘܤܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
νομωιP45 · P66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | dixi | Quia | that | ܕܐܢܐ | that | Ἐγὼ | that | |||||
οτιP45 · P66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | — | — | εἶπα | I myself | |||||
εγωP45 · P66 · P75 | said: | εἶπα· | said: | — | | | dixit | dixi | said: | ܐܡܪܬ | said: | Θεοί | said: | |||||
ειπαP45 · P66 · P75 | gods | θεοί | gods | θεοι | | | dii | Dii | gods | ܕܐܠܗܐ | gods | ἐστε | gods | |||||
θεοιP45 · P66 · P75 | you are’? | ἐστε; | you are’? | εστε | | | estis | estis | you are’? | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you are’? | ἐστε; | you are’? | |||||
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