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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗܘܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | to them | ܕܝܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | iterum | iterum | Jesus | ܬܘܒ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | πάλιν· | again; | παλιν | | | pax | Pax | again; | ܝܫܘܥ | again; | πάλιν | again; | ||||||
| — | εἰρήνη | Peace | ειρηνη | | | uobis | vobis | Peace | ܫܠܡܐ | Peace | Εἰρήνη | Peace | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | sicut | Sicut | to you; | ܥܡܟܘܢ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | ||||||
| — | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | misit | misit | even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | even as | καθὼς | even as | ||||||
| — | ἀπέσταλκέν | has has sent forth | απεσταλκεν | | | me | me | has has sent forth | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | has has sent forth | ἀπέσταλκέν | has has sent forth | ||||||
| — | με | me | με | | | pater | Pater | me | ܐܒܝ | me | με | me | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | et | et | Father | ܐܦ | Father | πατήρ | Father | ||||||
| — | κἀγὼ | I myself also | καγω | | | ego | ego | I myself also | ܐܢܐ | I myself also | κἀγὼ | I myself also | ||||||
| — | πέμπω | send | — | | | mitto | mitto | send | ܡܫܕܪ | send | πέμπω | send | ||||||
| — | ὑμᾶς. | you. | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you. | ܐܢܐ | you. | ὑμᾶς | you. | ||||||
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