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 | ||||||||||||
ερχεταιP66 · P75 | Comes | ἔρχεται | Comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | Venit | Comes | ܘܐܬܐ | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | iterum | — | — | — | — | Φίλιππος | <the> | |||||
φιλιπποσP66 · P75 | Philip | Φίλιππος | Philip | φιλιππος | | | philippus | Philippus | Philip | — | — | καὶ | Philip | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܗܘ | and | λέγει | and | |||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | tells | λέγει | tells | λεγει | | | et | et | tells | ܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | tells | τῷ | tells | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἀνδρέᾳ | <the> | |||||
ανδρεαP66 · P75 | Andrew, | Ἀνδρέᾳ, | Andrew, | ανδρεα | | | dicit | dicit | Andrew, | — | — | καὶ | Andrew, | |||||
ανδρεασP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | andreas | Andreæ | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | πάλιν | and | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἀνδρέας | again | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | come | ἔρχεται | come | — | | | andreae | Andreas | come | ܠܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | come | καὶ | come | |||||
οP66 · P75 | Andrew | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | — | | | dicunt | rursum | Andrew | ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | Andrew | Φίλιππος | Andrew | |||||
φιλιπποσP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | λέγουσιν | and | |||||
λεγουσινP66 · P75 | Philip | Φίλιππος | Philip | φιλιππος | | | philippus | Philippus | Philip | ܘܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | Philip | τῷ | Philip | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܡܪܘ | and | Ἰησοῦ | and | |||||
ιυP66 · P75 | they tell | λέγουσιν | they tell | λεγουσιν | | | — | dixerunt | they tell | — | — | λέγουσιν | they tell | |||||
τῷP66 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
Ἰησοῦ.P66 · P75 | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ. | Jesus. | — | | | ihm | Jesu | Jesus. | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ. | Jesus. | |||||
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