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 | ||||||||||||
απεκρινατοP60 · P66 | Answered | ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | — | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܐܡܪ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ισP60 · P66 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | — | | | ihs | Jesus | to him | ܠܗ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
αποP60 · P66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
σεαυτουP60 · P66 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | a | A | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
συP60 · P66 | Of | ἀπὸ | Of | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἀφ’ | Of | |||||
τουτοP60 · P66 | yourself | σεαυτοῦ | yourself | — | | | temet | temetipso | yourself | ܡܢ | yourself | ἑαυτοῦ | yourself | |||||
λεγεισP60 · P66 | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | — | | | hoc | hoc | you yourself | ܢܦܫܟ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | |||||
ηP60 · P66 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | dicis | dicis | this | ܐܡܪܬ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
αλλοιP60 · P66 | say | λέγεις | say | λεγεις | | | an | an | say | ܗܕܐ | say | λέγεις | say | |||||
ειπενP60 · P66 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | alii | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
σοιP60 · P66 | others | ἄλλοι | others | αλλοι | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | others | ܐܚܪܢܐ | others | ἄλλοι | others | |||||
περιP60 · P66 | did say it | εἶπόν | did say it | ειπον | | | ipso | — | — | — | — | σοι | did say it | |||||
εμουP60 · P66 | to you | σοι | to you | σοι | | | tibi | tibi | to you | ܐܡܪܘ | to you | εἶπον | to you | |||||
περὶP60 · P66 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܠܟ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
ἐμοῦ;P60 · P66 | Me? | ἐμοῦ; | Me? | εμου | | | me | me | Me? | ܥܠܝ | Me? | ἐμοῦ | Me? | |||||
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