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 | ||||||||||||
ειρηκειP66 · P75 | Had spoken | εἰρήκει | Had spoken | ειρηκει | | | dixerat | Dixerat | Had spoken | ܗܘ | Had spoken | Εἰρήκει | Had spoken | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | of | περὶ | of | περι | | | de | de | of | ܐܡܪ | of | περὶ | of | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
θανατουP66 · P75 | death | θανάτου | death | θανατου | | | morteius | morte | death | ܥܠ | death | θανάτου | death | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of him; | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | — | ejus | of him; | ܡܘܬܗ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | |||||
εκεινοιP66 · P75 | they | ἐκεῖνοι | they | εκεινοι | | | illi | illi | they | — | — | ἐκεῖνοι | they | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εδοξανP66 · P75 | thought | ἔδοξαν | thought | εδοξαν | | | putauerunt | putaverunt | thought | ܤܒܪܘ | thought | ἔδοξαν | thought | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | quia | that | ܕܥܠ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | of | περὶ | of | περι | | | de | de | of | ܡܕܡܟܐ | of | περὶ | of | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
κοιμησεωσP66 · P75 | rest | κοιμήσεως | rest | κοιμησεως | | | dormitione | dormitione | rest | ܗܘ | rest | κοιμήσεως | rest | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
υπνουP66 · P75 | of sleep | ὕπνου | of sleep | ϋπνου | | | somnus | somni | of sleep | ܕܫܢܬܐ | of sleep | ὕπνου | of sleep | |||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | He speaks. | λέγει.¶ | He speaks. | λεγει | | | dicit | diceret | He speaks. | ܐܡܪ | He speaks. | λέγει | He speaks. | |||||
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