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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪܐ | Says | Λέγει | Says | ||||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
μητηρP66 · P75 | mother | μήτηρ | mother | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | mater | mother | — | — | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | ܐܡܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
τοισP66 · P75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
διακονοισP66 · P75 | servants; | διακόνοις· | servants; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | servants; | ܠܡܫܡܫܢܐ | servants; | διακόνοις | servants; | ||||||
οP66 · P75 | Whatever | ὅ | Whatever | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | Ὅ | Whatever | ||||||
τιP66 · P75 | anyhow | τι | anyhow | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Quodcumque | anyhow | ܡܕܡ | anyhow | τι | anyhow | ||||||
εανP66 · P75 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | dixerit | maybe | ܕܐܡܪ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
λεγηP66 · P75 | He may say | λέγῃ | He may say | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | λέγῃ | He may say | ||||||
υμιP66 · P75 | to you, | ὑμῖν, | to you, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vobis | to you, | ܠܟܘܢ | to you, | ὑμῖν | to you, | ||||||
ποιησαταιP66 · P75 | do perform. | ποιήσατε.¶ | do perform. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | facite | do perform. | ܥܒܕܘ | do perform. | ποιήσατε | do perform. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||