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 | ||||||||||||
απεστειλανP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Sent | ἀπέστειλαν | Sent | απεστειλαν | | | miserunt | Miserunt | Sent | ܘܫܕܪܝܢ | Sent | Ἀπέστειλαν | Sent | |||||
ουνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܬܪܬܝܗܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | the | αἱ | the | αι | | | sorores | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | |||||
αδελφαιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | sisters | ἀδελφαὶ | sisters | αδελφαι | | | eius | ejus | sisters | ܠܘܬ | sisters | ἀδελφαὶ | sisters | |||||
προσP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | ihm | eum | Him | ܘܐܡܪܢ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
λεγουσαιP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | saying; | λέγουσαι· | saying; | λεγουσαι | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | ܡܪܢ | saying; | λέγουσαι | saying; | |||||
κεP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | dme | Domine | Lord, | ܗܐ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
ιδεP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | behold | ἴδε | behold | ϊδε | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܘ | behold | ἴδε | behold | |||||
ονP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | he whom | ὃν | he whom | ον | | | quem | quem | he whom | ܕܪܚܡ | he whom | ὃν | he whom | |||||
φιλεισP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | You love | φιλεῖς | You love | φιλεις | | | amas | amas | You love | ܐܢܬ | You love | φιλεῖς | You love | |||||
ασθενειP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | was being sick. | ἀσθενεῖ.¶ | was being sick. | ασθενει | | | infirmatur | infirmatur | was being sick. | ܟܪܝܗ | was being sick. | ἀσθενεῖ | was being sick. | |||||
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