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 | ||||||||||||
ειταP66 | Then | εἶτα | Then | ειτα | | | deinde | Deinde | Then | ܘܐܡܪ | Then | Εἶτα | Then | |||||
λεγειP66 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | dicitum | dicit | He says | — | — | λέγει | He says | |||||
τωP66 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
θωμαP66 | to Thomas; | Θωμᾷ· | to Thomas; | θωμα | | | thoman | Thomæ | to Thomas; | ܠܬܐܘܡܐ | to Thomas; | Θωμᾷ | to Thomas; | |||||
φερεP66 | do bring | φέρε | do bring | φερε | | | in | Infer | do bring | ܐܝܬܐ | do bring | Φέρε | do bring | |||||
τονP66 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
δακτυλονP66 | finger | δάκτυλόν | finger | δακτυλον | | | ad | digitum | finger | — | — | δάκτυλόν | finger | |||||
σουP66 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | ܨܒܥܟ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
ωδεP66 | here | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | — | huc | here | ܠܗܪܟܐ | here | ὧδε | here | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ειδεP66 | do see | ἴδε | do see | ϊδε | | | uide | vide | do see | ܘܚܙܝ | do see | ἴδε | do see | |||||
τασP66 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | adfers | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
χειρασP66 | hands | χεῖράς | hands | χειρας | | | manus | manus | hands | ܐܝܕܝ | hands | χεῖράς | hands | |||||
μουP66 | of Me, | μου, | of Me, | μου | | | meas | meas | of Me, | — | — | μου | of Me, | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܝܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
φερεP66 | do bring | φέρε | do bring | φερε | | | — | affer | do bring | — | — | φέρε | do bring | |||||
τηνP66 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | hoc | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
χειραP66 | hand | χεῖρά | hand | χειρα | | | manum | manum | hand | ܐܝܕܟ | hand | χεῖρά | hand | |||||
σουP66 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuam | tuam | of you | ܘܐܘܫܛ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
βαλεP66 | do put it | βάλε | do put it | βαλε | | | mitte | mitte | do put it | ܒܓܒܝ | do put it | βάλε | do put it | |||||
εισP66 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | infidelis | in | into | ܘܠܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP66 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πλευρανP66 | side | πλευράν | side | πλευραν | | | latus | latus | side | — | — | πλευράν | side | |||||
μουP66 | of Me, | μου, | of Me, | μου | | | meum | meum | of Me, | ܬܗܘܐ | of Me, | μου | of Me, | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηP66 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | noli | noli | not | — | — | μὴ | not | |||||
γινουP66 | do be | γίνου | do be | — | | | esse | esse | do be | ܡܗܝܡܢܐ | do be | γίνου | do be | |||||
απιστοσP66 | unbelieving | ἄπιστος | unbelieving | απιστος | | | adfers | incredulus | unbelieving | ܐܠܐ | unbelieving | ἄπιστος | unbelieving | |||||
αλλαP66 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
πιστοσP66 | believing. | πιστός.¶ | believing. | πιστος | | | fidelis | fidelis | believing. | ܡܗܝܡܢܐ | believing. | πιστός | believing. | |||||
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