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 | ||||||||||||
αμηP66 · P93 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
αμηνP66 · P93 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
λεγωP66 · P93 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP66 · P93 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܐܢܐ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
ουκP66 · P93 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܟܘܢ | not | Οὐκ | not | |||||
εστινP66 · P93 | is | ἔστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܕܠܝܬ | is | ἔστιν | is | |||||
δουλοσP66 · P93 | a servant | δοῦλος | a servant | δουλος | | | seruus | servus | a servant | ܥܒܕܐ | a servant | δοῦλος | a servant | |||||
μειζωνP66 · P93 | greater | μείζων | greater | μειζων | | | maior | major | greater | ܕܪܒ | greater | μείζων | greater | |||||
τουP66 · P93 | than the | τοῦ | than the | του | | | dmo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | than the | |||||
κυP66 · P93 | master | κυρίου | master | κυ | | | suo | suo | master | ܡܢ | master | κυρίου | master | |||||
αυτουP66 · P93 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | neque | neque | of him | ܡܪܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ουδεP66 · P93 | nor is | οὐδὲ | nor is | ουδε | | | apostolus | apostolus | nor is | ܘܠܐ | nor is | οὐδὲ | nor is | |||||
μιζονP66 · P93 | a messenger | ἀπόστολος | a messenger | αποστολος | | | maior | major | a messenger | ܫܠܝܚܐ | a messenger | ἀπόστολος | a messenger | |||||
αποστολοσP66 · P93 | greater | μείζων | greater | μειζων | | | eius | est | greater | ܕܪܒ | greater | μείζων | greater | |||||
τουP66 · P93 | than the one who | τοῦ | than the one who | του | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | than the one who | |||||
πεμψαντοσP66 · P93 | having sent | πέμψαντος | having sent | πεμψαντος | | | qui | qui | having sent | ܡܢ | having sent | πέμψαντος | having sent | |||||
αυτονP66 · P93 | him. | αὐτόν. | him. | αυτον | | | misit | misit | him. | ܡܢ | him. | αὐτόν | him. | |||||
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