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 | ||||||||||||
αυτωνP22 · P66 | But this is | ἀλλ᾽ | But this is | αλλ | | | sed | Sed | But this is | ܕܬܬܡܠܐ | But this is | Ἀλλ’ | But this is | |||||
γεγραμμενοσP22 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
οτιP22 · P66 | may be fulfilled | πληρωθῇ | may be fulfilled | πληρωθη | | | uerbum | adimpleatur | may be fulfilled | ܡܠܬܐ | may be fulfilled | πληρωθῇ | may be fulfilled | |||||
εμισησανP22 · P66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
μεP22 · P66 | word | λόγος | word | λογος | | | — | qui | word | — | — | λόγος | word | |||||
δωρεανP22 · P66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | inpleatur | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ἐνP22 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | leges | lege | in | ܕܟܬܝܒܐ | in | γεγραμμένος | in | |||||
τῷP22 · P66 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | eorum | — | — | — | — | ἐν | the | |||||
νόμῳP22 · P66 | law | νόμῳ | law | νομω | | | scriptum | scriptus | law | — | — | τῷ | law | |||||
αὐτῶνP22 · P66 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | est | est | of them | — | — | νόμῳ | of them | |||||
γεγραμμένοςP22 · P66 | written | γεγραμμένος | written | γεγραμμενος | | | in | Quia | written | ܒܢܡܘܤܗܘܢ | written | αὐτῶν | written | |||||
ὅτιP22 · P66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | odierunt | odio | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ἐμίσησάνP22 · P66 | They hated | ἐμίσησάν | They hated | εμεισησαν | | | quoniam | habuerunt | They hated | ܕܤܢܐܘܢܝ | They hated | Ἐμίσησάν | They hated | |||||
μεP22 · P66 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | — | — | με | Me | |||||
δωρεάν.¶P22 · P66 | without cause.’ | δωρεάν.¶ | without cause.’ | δωρεαν | | | gratis | gratis | without cause.’ | ܡܓܢ | without cause.’ | δωρεάν | without cause.’ | |||||
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