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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP60 · P66 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
ουνP60 · P66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτωP60 · P66 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
οP60 · P66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
πειλατοσP60 · P66 | Pilate; | Πιλᾶτος· | Pilate; | πειλατος | | | pilatus | Pilatus | Pilate; | — | — | Πιλάτος | Pilate; | |||||
εμοιP60 · P66 | To me myself | ἐμοὶ | To me myself | εμοι | | | mihi | Mihi | To me myself | ܥܡܝ | To me myself | Ἐμοὶ | To me myself | |||||
ουP60 · P66 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
λαλεισP60 · P66 | speak You? | λαλεῖς; | speak You? | λαλεις | | | loqueris | loqueris | speak You? | ܡܡܠܠ | speak You? | λαλεῖς | speak You? | |||||
ουκP60 · P66 | Surely | οὐκ | Surely | ουκ | | | nescis | nescis | Surely | ܐܢܬ | Surely | Οὐκ | Surely | |||||
οιδασP60 · P66 | You know | οἶδας | You know | οιδας | | | quia | quia | You know | ܠܐ | You know | οἶδας | You know | |||||
οτιP60 · P66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
εξουσιανP60 · P66 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | potestatem | potestatem | authority | ܝܕܥ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
εχωP60 · P66 | I have | ἔχω | I have | εχω | | | habeo | habeo | I have | ܐܢܬ | I have | ἔχω | I have | |||||
σταυρωσαιP60 · P66 | to release | ἀπολῦσαί | to release | — | | | crucifigere | crucifigere | to release | ܕܫܠܝܛ | to release | σταυρῶσαί | to release | |||||
σεP60 · P66 | You | σε | You | — | | | te | te | You | ܐܢܐ | You | σε | You | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܕܐܫܪܝܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εξουσιανP60 · P66 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | — | | | potestatem | potestatem | authority | — | — | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
εχωP60 · P66 | I have | ἔχω | I have | — | | | habeo | habeo | I have | ܘܫܠܝܛ | I have | ἔχω | I have | |||||
απολυσαιP60 · P66 | to crucify | σταυρῶσαί | to crucify | σταυρωσαι | | | dimittere | dimittere | to crucify | ܐܢܐ | to crucify | ἀπολῦσαί | to crucify | |||||
σεP60 · P66 | You? | σε; | You? | σε | | | te | te | You? | ܕܐܙܩܦܟ | You? | σε | You? | |||||
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