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 | ||||||||||||
παλινP60 · P66 | Again | Πάλιν | Again | παλιν | | | iterum | Iterum | Again | ܬܘܒ | Again | Πάλιν | Again | |||||
ουνP60 · P66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܫܐܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτουσP60 · P66 | He questioned | ἐπηρώτησεν | He questioned | — | | | interrogauit | interrogavit | He questioned | ܐܢܘܢ | He questioned | αὐτοὺς | He questioned | |||||
επηρωτησενP60 · P66 | them: | αὐτούς· | them: | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them: | ܝܫܘܥ | them: | ἐπηρώτησεν | them: | |||||
τιναP60 · P66 | Whom | τίνα | Whom | τινα | | | quem | Quem | Whom | ܠܡܢ | Whom | Τίνα | Whom | |||||
ζητειτεP60 · P66 | seek you? | ζητεῖτε; | seek you? | ζητειτε | | | quęritis | quæritis | seek you? | ܒܥܝܢ | seek you? | ζητεῖτε | seek you? | |||||
οιP60 · P66 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | nazarenum | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP60 · P66 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | illi | Illi | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπανP60 · P66 | they said; | εἶπαν· | they said; | ειπαν | | | autem | autem | they said; | ܕܝܢ | they said; | εἶπον | they said; | |||||
ινP60 · P66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | Jesus | ܐܡܪܘ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
τονP60 · P66 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ναζωραιονP60 · P66 | of Nazareth. | Ναζωραῖον. | of Nazareth. | ναζωραιον | | | ihm | Jesum | of Nazareth. | ܢܨܪܝܐ | of Nazareth. | Ναζωραῖον | of Nazareth. | |||||
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