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 | ||||||||||||
μηP66 | Not | Μὴ | Not | — | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
ταρασσεσθωP66 | should be troubled | ταρασσέσθω | should be troubled | — | | | ait | turbetur | should be troubled | — | — | ταρασσέσθω | should be troubled | |||||
υμωνP66 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | cor | cor | of you | ܢܬܕܘܕ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
ηP66 | the | ἡ | the | — | | | discipulis | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
καρδιαP66 | heart; | καρδία· | heart; | — | | | uestrum | vestrum | heart; | ܠܒܟܘܢ | heart; | καρδία | heart; | |||||
πιστευεταιP66 | You believe | πιστεύετε | You believe | — | | | credite | Creditis | You believe | — | — | πιστεύετε | You believe | |||||
εισP66 | in | εἰς | in | — | | | in | in | in | ܗܝܡܢܘ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
τονP66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | conturbetur | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
θνP66 | God | θεὸν | God | — | | | — | Deum | God | — | — | θεόν | God | |||||
καιP66 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܒܐܠܗܐ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
εισP66 | in | εἰς | in | — | | | in | in | in | ܘܒܝ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
εμεP66 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | — | | | me | me | Me myself | — | — | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
πιστευεταιP66 | believe. | πιστεύετε. | believe. | πιστευετε | | | credite | credite | believe. | ܗܝܡܢܘ | believe. | πιστεύετε | believe. | |||||
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