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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
υποδιγμαP66 · P93 | A pattern | ὑπόδειγμα | A pattern | ϋποδειγμα | | | exemplum | Exemplum | A pattern | ܗܢܐ | A pattern | Ὑπόδειγμα | A pattern | |||||
γαρP66 · P93 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | sicut | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
δεδωκαP66 · P93 | I gave | ἔδωκα | I gave | εδωκα | | | dedi | dedi | I gave | ܛܘܦܤܐ | I gave | ἔδωκα | I gave | |||||
υμεινP66 · P93 | you, | ὑμῖν, | you, | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you, | ܝܗܒܬ | you, | ὑμῖν | you, | |||||
ιναP66 · P93 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
καθωσP66 · P93 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | — | quemadmodum | even as | ܕܐܝܟܢܐ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
εγωP66 · P93 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
εποιησαP66 · P93 | did | ἐποίησα | did | εποιησα | | | feci | feci | did | ܥܒܕܬ | did | ἐποίησα | did | |||||
υμινP66 · P93 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
καιP66 · P93 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | faciatis | ita | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
υμεισP66 · P93 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | et | et | you yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
ποιηταιP66 · P93 | may do. | ποιῆτε. | may do. | — | | | uos | vos | may do. | ܬܥܒܕܘܢ | may do. | ποιῆτε | may do. | |||||
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