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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP66 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
αυτωP66 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
οP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Πέτρος | <the> | |||||
πετροσP66 | Peter; | Πέτρος· | Peter; | — | | | — | Petrus | Peter; | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Peter; | Κύριε | Peter; | |||||
κεP66 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | quare | Quare | Lord, | ܟܐܦܐ | Lord, | διὰ | Lord, | |||||
διαP66 | because of | διὰ | because of | — | | | dme | — | — | ܡܪܝ | because of | τί | because of | |||||
τιP66 | why | τί | why | — | | | non | non | why | ܠܡܢܐ | why | οὐ | why | |||||
ουP66 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | possum | possum | not | ܠܐ | not | δύναμαί | not | |||||
δυναμεP66 | am I able | δύναμαί | am I able | δυναμαι | | | te | te | am I able | ܡܫܟܚ | am I able | σοι | am I able | |||||
σοιP66 | You | σοι | You | σοι | | | sequi | sequi | You | ܐܢܐ | You | ἀκολουθῆσαι | You | |||||
ακολουθησεP66 | to follow | ἀκολουθῆσαι | to follow | ακολουθησαι | | | modo | modo | to follow | ܕܐܬܐ | to follow | ἄρτι | to follow | |||||
αρτιP66 | presently? | ἄρτι; | presently? | αρτι | | | animam | animam | presently? | ܒܬܪܟ | presently? | Τὴν | presently? | |||||
υπερP66 | The | τὴν | The | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | ψυχήν | The | |||||
σουP66 | life | ψυχήν | life | ψυχην | | | nunc | — | — | ܗܫܐ | life | μου | life | |||||
τηνP66 | of mine | μου | of mine | μου | | | meam | meam | of mine | ܢܦܫܝ | of mine | ὑπὲρ | of mine | |||||
ψυχηνP66 | for | ὑπὲρ | for | ϋπερ | | | pro | pro | for | ܚܠܦܝܟ | for | σοῦ | for | |||||
μουP66 | You | σοῦ | You | σου | | | te | te | You | ܤܐܡ | You | θήσω | You | |||||
θησωP66 | I will lay down. | θήσω. | I will lay down. | θησω | | | ponam | ponam | I will lay down. | ܐܢܐ | I will lay down. | θήσω. | I will lay down. | |||||
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