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 | ||||||||||||
μηP66 · P75 · P76 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | numquid | Numquid | Not | ܠܡܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
συP66 · P75 · P76 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | tu | tu | You yourself | ܐܢܬ | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | |||||
μειζωνP66 · P75 · P76 | greater | μείζων | greater | μειζων | | | maior | major | greater | ܪܒ | greater | μείζων | greater | |||||
ειP66 · P75 · P76 | are | εἶ | are | ει | | | es | es | are | — | — | εἶ | are | |||||
τουP66 · P75 · P76 | than the | τοῦ | than the | του | | | uiuit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | than the | |||||
πρσP66 · P75 · P76 | father | πατρὸς | father | — | | | patre | patre | father | ܐܢܬ | father | πατρὸς | father | |||||
ημωνP66 · P75 · P76 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | nostro | nostro | of us | ܡܢ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
ιακωβP66 · P75 · P76 | Jacob, | Ἰακώβ, | Jacob, | ϊακωβ | | | iacob | Jacob | Jacob, | ܐܒܘܢ | Jacob, | Ἰακώβ | Jacob, | |||||
οσP66 · P75 · P76 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | qui | who | ܝܥܩܘܒ | who | ὃς | who | |||||
δεδωκενP66 · P75 · P76 | gave | ἔδωκεν | gave | εδωκεν | | | dedit | dedit | gave | — | — | ἔδωκεν | gave | |||||
ημινP66 · P75 · P76 | us | ἡμῖν | us | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | us | ܗܘ | us | ἡμῖν | us | |||||
τοP66 · P75 · P76 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
φρεαρP66 · P75 · P76 | well, | φρέαρ, | well, | φρεαρ | | | puteum | puteum | well, | ܕܗܘ | well, | φρέαρ | well, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 · P76 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܝܗܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αυτοσP66 · P75 · P76 | himself | αὐτὸς | himself | αυτος | | | ipse | ipse | himself | ܠܢ | himself | αὐτὸς | himself | |||||
εξP66 · P75 · P76 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | — | — | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 · P76 | it | αὐτοῦ | it | αυτου | | | eo | eo | it | ܒܪܐ | it | αὐτοῦ | it | |||||
επιενP66 · P75 · P76 | drank | ἔπιεν | drank | επιεν | | | — | bibit | drank | ܗܕܐ | drank | ἔπιεν | drank | |||||
καιP66 · P75 · P76 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP66 · P75 · P76 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
υιοιP66 · P75 · P76 | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | ϋιοι | | | fili | filii | sons | ܡܢܗ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 · P76 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
καιP66 · P75 · P76 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܫܬܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ταP66 · P75 · P76 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
θρεμματαP66 · P75 · P76 | livestock | θρέμματα | livestock | θρεμματα | | | pecora | pecora | livestock | ܘܒܢܘܗܝ | livestock | θρέμματα | livestock | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 · P76 | of him? | αὐτοῦ;¶ | of him? | — | | | — | ejus | of him? | ܘܥܢܗ | of him? | αὐτοῦ | of him? | |||||
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