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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP45 · P66 · P75 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said; | ܐܝܟܐ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | |||||
πουP45 · P66 · P75 | Where | ποῦ | Where | που | | | ubi | Ubi | Where | — | — | Ποῦ | Where | |||||
τεθεικατεP45 · P66 · P75 | have you laid | τεθείκατε | have you laid | τεθεικατε | | | posuisti | posuistis | have you laid | ܤܡܬܘܢܝܗܝ | have you laid | τεθείκατε | have you laid | |||||
αυτονP45 · P66 · P75 | him? | αὐτόν; | him? | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him? | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | him? | αὐτόν | him? | |||||
λεγουσινP45 · P66 · P75 | They say | λέγουσιν | They say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | Dicunt | They say | — | — | Λέγουσιν | They say | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P66 · P75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him; | ܠܗ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
κεP45 · P66 · P75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | dme | Domine | Lord, | ܡܪܢ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
ερχουP45 · P66 · P75 | do come | ἔρχου | do come | — | | | ueni | veni | do come | — | — | ἔρχου | do come | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιδεP45 · P66 · P75 | do see. | ἴδε. | do see. | ειδε | | | uide | vide | do see. | ܚܙܝ | do see. | ἴδε | do see. | |||||
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