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 | ||||||||||||
ερχεταιP66 · P75 | He comes | Ἔρχεται | He comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | Venit | He comes | ܟܕ | He comes | Ἔρχεται | He comes | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | then | ܕܝܢ | then | οὖν | then | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܐܬܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
σιμωναP66 · P75 | Simon | Σίμωνα | Simon | — | | | simonem | Simonem | Simon | ܠܘܬ | Simon | Σίμωνα | Simon | |||||
πετρονP66 · P75 | Peter; | Πέτρον· | Peter; | πετρον | | | petrum | Petrum | Peter; | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Peter; | Πέτρον | Peter; | |||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | ille | Et | and | ܟܐܦܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | who says | λέγει | who says | λεγει | | | dicit | dicit | who says | ܐܡܪ | who says | λέγει | who says | |||||
κεP66 · P75 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
συP66 · P75 | that question; | ἐκεῖνος· | that question; | εκεινος | | | — | Petrus | that question; | ܫܡܥܘܢ | that question; | ἐκεῖνος | that question; | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | dme | Domine | Lord, | ܐܢܬ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
νιπτεισP66 · P75 | You yourself | σύ | You yourself | συ | | | tu | tu | You yourself | ܡܪܝ | You yourself | σύ | You yourself | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | my | μου | my | μου | | | mihi | mihi | my | ܪܓܠܝ | my | μου | my | |||||
ποδασP66 · P75 | do wash | νίπτεις | do wash | νιπτεις | | | — | lavas | do wash | ܡܫܝܓ | do wash | νίπτεις | do wash | |||||
τοὺςP66 · P75 | <the> | τοὺς | <the> | τους | | | labas | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | <the> | |||||
πόδας;P66 · P75 | feet? | πόδας; | feet? | ποδας | | | pedes | pedes | feet? | ܠܝ | feet? | πόδας | feet? | |||||
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