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 | ||||||||||||
λεγουσινP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | Say | Λέγουσιν | Say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | Dicunt | Say | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Say | Λέγουσιν | Say | |||||
οιP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to him | ܠܗ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
μαθηταιP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αυτουP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
ιδεP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | of Him; | αὐτοῦ· | of Him; | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him; | ܗܐ | of Him; | αὐτοῦ | of Him; | |||||
νυνP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | Behold | ἴδε | Behold | ϊδε | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܫܐ | Behold | Ἴδε | Behold | |||||
ενP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | now | νῦν | now | νυν | | | nun | nunc | now | ܓܠܝܐܝܬ | now | νῦν | now | |||||
παρρησιαP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | — | — | ܡܡܠܠ | in | παρρησίᾳ | in | |||||
λαλεισP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | openness | παρρησίᾳ | openness | παρρησια | | | palam | palam | openness | ܐܢܬ | openness | λαλεῖς | openness | |||||
καιP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | You speak | λαλεῖς | You speak | λαλεις | | | loqueris | loqueris | You speak | ܘܦܠܐܬܐ | You speak | καὶ | You speak | |||||
παροιμιανP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܐ | and | παροιμίαν | and | |||||
ουδεμιανP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | allegory | παροιμίαν | allegory | παροιμιαν | | | prouerbium | proverbium | allegory | ܚܕܐ | allegory | οὐδεμίαν | allegory | |||||
λεγεισP22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | no thing | οὐδεμίαν | no thing | ουδεμιαν | | | inullum | nullum | no thing | ܐܡܪ | no thing | λέγεις | no thing | |||||
λέγεις.P22 · P5 · P60 · P66 | speak. | λέγεις. | speak. | λεγεις | | | dicis | dicis | speak. | ܐܢܬ | speak. | λέγεις. | speak. | |||||
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