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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθηP66 · P75 | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | απεκρειθη | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܥܢܐ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | haec | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | καὶ | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | εἶπεν | and | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | said: | εἶπεν· | said: | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said: | ܠܗܘܢ | said: | Οὐ | said: | |||||
διP66 · P75 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | δι’ | Not | |||||
εμεP66 · P75 | because of | δι᾽ | because of | δι | | | propter | propter | because of | ܗܘܐ | because of | ἐμὲ | because of | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | me | me | Me myself | — | — | αὕτη | Me myself | |||||
φωνηP66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
αυτηP66 · P75 | voice | φωνὴ | voice | φωνη | | | — | hæc | voice | ܡܛܠܬܝ | voice | φωνὴ | voice | |||||
ηλθενP66 · P75 | this | αὕτη | this | αυτη | | | uox | vox | this | ܗܘܐ | this | γέγονεν | this | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | has come | γέγονεν | has come | — | | | uenit | venit | has come | ܩܠܐ | has come | ἀλλὰ | has come | |||||
διP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | δι’ | but | |||||
υμασP66 · P75 | because of | δι᾽ | because of | δι | | | propter | propter | because of | ܐܠܐ | because of | ὑμᾶς | because of | |||||
ὑμᾶς.P66 · P75 | you. | ὑμᾶς. | you. | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you. | ܡܛܠܬܟܘܢ | you. | ὑμᾶς. | you. | |||||
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