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 | ||||||||||||
επειταP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Then | ἔπειτα | Then | — | | | et | deinde | Then | ܘܒܬܪܟܢ | Then | Ἔπειτα | Then | |||||
μεταP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | after | μετὰ | after | μετα | | | post | post | after | ܐܡܪ | after | μετὰ | after | |||||
τουτοP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | — | hæc | this | — | — | τοῦτο | this | |||||
λεγειP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | hoc | dixit | He says | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | He says | λέγει | He says | |||||
αγωμενP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | iterum | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
εισP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | disciples; | μαθηταῖς· | disciples; | μαθηταις | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples; | ܬܘ | disciples; | μαθηταῖς | disciples; | |||||
τηνP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Let us go | ἄγωμεν | Let us go | αγωμεν | | | suis | suis | Let us go | ܢܐܙܠ | Let us go | Ἄγωμεν | Let us go | |||||
ιουδαιανP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | ις | | | eamus | Eamus | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
παλινP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | dicit | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
ἸουδαίανP45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | Judea | Ἰουδαίαν | Judea | ϊουδαιαν | | | in | in | Judea | ܬܘܒ | Judea | Ἰουδαίαν | Judea | |||||
πάλιν.P45 · P6 · P66 · P75 | again. | πάλιν. | again. | παλιν | | | iudaeam | Judæam | again. | ܠܝܗܘܕ | again. | πάλιν | again. | |||||
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