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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
ουνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗܘܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | illis | eis | again | ܕܝܢ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
οP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | iterum | iterum | to them | ܬܘܒ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ιηP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
αμηνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
αμηνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
λεγωP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
υμινP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
οτιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
εγωP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | quia | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ειμιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ηP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | am | εἰμι | am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | |||||
θυραP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
τωνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | door | θύρα | door | θυρα | | | osteum | ostium | door | ܬܪܥܗ | door | θύρα | door | |||||
προβατωνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
προβάτων.P45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | sheep. | προβάτων. | sheep. | προβατων | | | ouium | ovium | sheep. | ܕܥܢܐ | sheep. | προβάτων | sheep. | |||||
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