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 | ||||||||||||
τοσαυταP66 · P75 | So many | Τοσαῦτα | So many | τοσαυτα | | | ab | Cum | So many | ܘܟܕ | So many | Τοσαῦτα | So many | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | tanta | tanta | of Him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
σημειαP66 · P75 | signs | σημεῖα | signs | σημια | | | illo | signa | signs | ܟܠܗܝܢ | signs | σημεῖα | signs | |||||
πεποιηκοτοσP66 · P75 | having been done | πεποιηκότος | having been done | πεποιηκοτος | | | facta | fecisset | having been done | ܐܬܘܬܐ | having been done | πεποιηκότος | having been done | |||||
εμπροσθενP66 · P75 | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | — | | | conspectu | coram | before | ܥܒܕ | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | |||||
αυτωνP66 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | — | eis | them | ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
επιστευσανP66 · P75 | they were believing | ἐπίστευον | they were believing | επιστευον | | | credebant | credebant | they were believing | ܠܐ | they were believing | ἐπίστευον | they were believing | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | in | in | in | ܗܝܡܢܘ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him, | αὐτόν, | Him, | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him, | ܒܗ | Him, | αὐτόν | Him, | |||||
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