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 | ||||||||||||
απP66 | From | Ἀπ᾽ | From | απ | | | amodo | Amodo | From | ܡܢ | From | Ἀπ’ | From | |||||
αρτιP66 | now | ἄρτι | now | αρτι | | | dico | dico | now | ܗܫܐ | now | ἄρτι | now | |||||
λεγωP66 | I am telling | λέγω | I am telling | λεγω | | | uobis | vobis | I am telling | ܐܡܪ | I am telling | λέγω | I am telling | |||||
υμινP66 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | antequam | priusquam | you | ܐܢܐ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
προP66 | before | πρὸ | before | προ | | | fiat | fiat | before | ܠܟܘܢ | before | πρὸ | before | |||||
τουP66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
γενεσθαιP66 | it comes to pass, | γενέσθαι, | it comes to pass, | γενεσθαι | | | ut | ut | it comes to pass, | ܡܢ | it comes to pass, | γενέσθαι | it comes to pass, | |||||
ιναP66 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | quando | cum | so that | ܩܕܡ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
πιστευσηταιP66 | you may believe | πιστεύσητε | you may believe | — | | | factum | factum | you may believe | ܕܢܗܘܐ | you may believe | ὅταν | you may believe | |||||
οτανP66 | when | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | fuerit | fuerit | when | ܕܡܐ | when | γένηται | when | |||||
γενηταιP66 | it may happen | γένηται | it may happen | γενηται | | | credatis | credatis | it may happen | ܕܗܘܐ | it may happen | πιστεύσητε | it may happen | |||||
οτιP66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܬܗܝܡܢܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εγωP66 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
μιP66 | am He. | εἰμι. | am He. | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am He. | ܐܢܐ | am He. | εἰμι | am He. | |||||
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