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 | ||||||||||||
λεγιP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
σιμωνP66 · P75 | Simon | Σίμων | Simon | — | | | — | Simon | Simon | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Simon | Σίμων | Simon | |||||
πετροσP66 · P75 | Peter; | Πέτρος· | Peter; | πετρος | | | petrus | Petrus | Peter; | ܟܐܦܐ | Peter; | Πέτρος | Peter; | |||||
κεP66 · P75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | — | Domine | Lord, | ܡܕܝܢ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܡܪܝ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ποδασP66 · P75 | feet | πόδας | feet | — | | | tantum | tantum | feet | ܠܐ | feet | πόδας | feet | |||||
μονονP66 · P75 | of me | μου | of me | — | | | pedes | pedes | of me | ܒܠܚܘܕ | of me | μου | of me | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | only | μόνον | only | μονον | | | — | meos | only | ܪܓܠܝ | only | μόνον | only | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τασP66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܠܝ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
χειρασP66 · P75 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | hands | χεῖρας | hands | χειρας | | | manus | manus | hands | ܐܠܐ | hands | χεῖρας | hands | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܦ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
κεφαληνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | dme | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
κεφαλήν.¶P66 · P75 | head. | κεφαλήν.¶ | head. | — | | | caput | caput | head. | ܐܝܕܝ | head. | κεφαλήν | head. | |||||
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