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 | ||||||||||||
εκεινοσP66 · P75 | He | ἐκεῖνος | He | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Ille | He | ܗܘ | He | Ἐκεῖνος | He | ||||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
ελεγενP66 · P75 | was speaking | ἔλεγεν | was speaking | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | dicebat | was speaking | ܐܡܪ | was speaking | ἔλεγεν | was speaking | ||||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | concerning | ܗܘܐ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
ναουP66 · P75 | temple | ναοῦ | temple | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | templo | temple | ܥܠ | temple | ναοῦ | temple | ||||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
σωματοσP66 · P75 | body | σώματος | body | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | corporis | body | ܗܝܟܠܐ | body | σώματος | body | ||||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sui | of Him. | ܕܦܓܪܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||