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 | ||||||||||||
επιπεσωP66 | Having leaned | ἀναπεσὼν | Having leaned | — | | | incumbens | Itaque | Having leaned | ܘܢܦܠ | Having leaned | Ἐπιπεσὼν | Having leaned | |||||
ουνP66 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | — | cum | then | ܗܘ | then | δὲ | then | |||||
εκεινοσP66 | he | ἐκεῖνος | he | εκεινος | | | ergo | recubuisset | he | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | he | ἐκεῖνος | he | |||||
ουτωσP66 | thus | οὕτως | thus | — | | | ille | ille | thus | ܥܠ | thus | οὕτως | thus | |||||
επιP66 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | supra | on | ܚܕܝܗ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τοP66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
στηθοσP66 | breast | στῆθος | breast | στηθος | | | pectus | pectus | breast | — | — | στῆθος | breast | |||||
τουP66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ihu | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιυP66 | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | — | | | — | Jesu | of Jesus | ܕܝܫܘܥ | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | |||||
λεγειP66 | he says | λέγει | he says | λεγει | | | dicit | dicit | he says | ܘܐܡܪ | he says | λέγει | he says | |||||
αυτωP66 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him; | ܠܗ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
κεP66 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | dme | Domine | Lord, | ܡܪܝ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
τισP66 | who | τίς | who | τις | | | quis | quis | who | ܡܢܘ | who | τίς | who | |||||
εστιP66 | is it? | ἐστιν; | is it? | εστιν | | | est | est | is it? | ܗܢܐ | is it? | ἐστιν | is it? | |||||
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