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 | ||||||||||||
ενP22 · P5 · P66 | In | ἐν | In | εν | | | in | in | In | ܒܗܘ | In | Ἐν | In | |||||
εκεινηP22 · P5 · P66 | that very | ἐκείνῃ | that very | εκεινη | | | illa | illo | that very | ܝܘܡܐ | that very | ἐκείνῃ | that very | |||||
τηP22 · P5 · P66 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | coniam | — | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
ημεραP22 · P5 · P66 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | ημερα | | | die | die | day | — | — | ἡμέρᾳ | day | |||||
ενP22 · P5 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܕܬܫܐܠܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP22 · P5 · P66 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ονοματιP22 · P5 · P66 | name | ὀνόματί | name | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | name | ܒܫܡܝ | name | ὀνόματί | name | |||||
μουP22 · P5 · P66 | of Me | μου | of Me | μου | | | meo | meo | of Me | ܘܠܐ | of Me | μου | of Me | |||||
αιτησεσθεP22 · P5 · P66 | you will ask; | αἰτήσεσθε· | you will ask; | αιτησεσθε | | | petetis | petetis | you will ask; | — | — | αἰτήσεσθε | you will ask; | |||||
καιP22 · P5 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουP22 · P5 · P66 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܐܢܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
λεγωP22 · P5 · P66 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܠܟܘܢ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP22 · P5 · P66 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | — | — | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
οτιP22 · P5 · P66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | quia | that | ܕܐܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εγωP22 · P5 · P66 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܒܥܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
ερωτησωP22 · P5 · P66 | will implore | ἐρωτήσω | will implore | ερωτησω | | | rogabo | rogabo | will implore | ܡܢ | will implore | ἐρωτήσω | will implore | |||||
τονP22 · P5 · P66 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | meum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP22 · P5 · P66 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | patrem | Patrem | Father | — | — | πατέρα | Father | |||||
περιP22 · P5 · P66 | for | περὶ | for | περι | | | de | de | for | ܐܒܐ | for | περὶ | for | |||||
υμωνP22 · P5 · P66 | you; | ὑμῶν· | you; | ϋμων | | | uobis | vobis | you; | ܥܠܝܟܘܢ | you; | ὑμῶν | you; | |||||
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