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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
καιτοιγεP66 · P75 | and certainly indeed | καίτοιγε | and certainly indeed | καιτοιγε | | | et | quamquam | and certainly indeed | ܟܕ | and certainly indeed | καίτοιγε | and certainly indeed | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | tamen | Jesus | Jesus | ܠܐ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
αυτοσP66 · P75 | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | αυτος | | | non | non | Himself | ܗܘܐ | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | ipse | — | — | ܗܘ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εβαπτιζεP66 · P75 | was baptizing | ἐβάπτιζεν | was baptizing | εβαπτιζεν | | | baptizabat | baptizaret | was baptizing | ܝܫܘܥ | was baptizing | ἐβάπτιζεν | was baptizing | |||||
αλλP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | αλλ | | | sed | sed | but | ܡܥܡܕ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | xps | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μαθηταιP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܐܠܐ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ, | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ- | of Him | |||||
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