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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP60 · P66 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
σεP60 · P66 | You | σε | You | σε | | | te | te | You | ܫܒܚܬܟ | You | σε | You | |||||
εδοξασαP60 · P66 | glorified | ἐδόξασα | glorified | εδοξασα | | | honorificaui | clarificavi | glorified | — | — | ἐδόξασα | glorified | |||||
επιP60 · P66 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | ܒܐܪܥܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τησP60 · P66 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
γησP60 · P66 | earth | γῆς | earth | γης | | | terram | terram | earth | ܥܒܕܐ | earth | γῆς | earth | |||||
τοP60 · P66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
εργονP60 · P66 | work | ἔργον | work | εργον | | | opus | opus | work | — | — | ἔργον | work | |||||
τελειωσασP60 · P66 | having completed | τελειώσας | having completed | — | | | consummaui | consummavi | having completed | ܗܘ | having completed | ἐτελείωσα | having completed | |||||
οP60 · P66 | that | ὃ | that | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | that | |||||
δεδωκασP60 · P66 | You have given | δέδωκάς | You have given | — | | | dedisti | dedisti | You have given | ܠܝ | You have given | δέδωκάς | You have given | |||||
μοιP60 · P66 | Me | μοι | Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | Me | — | — | μοι | Me | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܐܥܒܕ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
ποιησωP60 · P66 | I may do. | ποιήσω. | I may do. | ποιησω | | | faciam | faciam | I may do. | ܫܠܡܬܗ | I may do. | ποιήσω | I may do. | |||||
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