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 | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
αυτηP66 · P75 | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | αυτη | | | illi | ei | to her | ܠܗ | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | tecum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | am He, | εἰμι, | am He, | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am He, | ܐܢܐ | am He, | εἰμι | am He, | |||||
οP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
λαλωνP66 · P75 | is speaking | λαλῶν | is speaking | λαλων | | | qui | qui | is speaking | ܕܡܡܠܠ | is speaking | λαλῶν | is speaking | |||||
σοιP66 · P75 | to you. | σοι. | to you. | σοι | | | loquor | loquor | to you. | ܐܢܐ | to you. | σοι | to you. | |||||
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