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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | illis | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ihs | Jesus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | autem | autem | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
αποκρινεταιP66 · P75 | answered | ἀποκρίνεται | answered | — | | | respondit | respondit | answered | ܥܢܐ | answered | ἀπεκρίνατο | answered | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | — | eis | to them | ܘܐܡܪ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
λεγωνP66 · P75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܠܗܘܢ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
εληλυθενP66 · P75 | Has come | ἐλήλυθεν | Has come | εληλυθεν | | | uenit | Venit | Has come | — | — | Ἐλήλυθεν | Has come | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
ωραP66 · P75 | hour | ὥρα | hour | ωρα | | | hora | hora | hour | ܐܬܬ | hour | ὥρα | hour | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܫܥܬܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
δοξασθηP66 · P75 | may be glorified | δοξασθῇ | may be glorified | δοξασθη | | | — | clarificetur | may be glorified | ܕܢܫܬܒܚ | may be glorified | δοξασθῇ | may be glorified | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
υσP66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | filius | Filius | Son | ܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | glorificetur | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ανουP66 · P75 | of Man. | ἀνθρώπου. | of Man. | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man. | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man. | ἀνθρώπου | of Man. | |||||
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