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 | ||||||||||||
δευτεP66 · P75 | Come, | δεῦτε, | Come, | δευτε | | | uenite | Venite | Come, | ܬܘ | Come, | Δεῦτε | Come, | |||||
ιδεταιP66 · P75 | do see | ἴδετε | do see | ειδετε | | | quae | et | do see | ܚܙܘ | do see | ἴδετε | do see | |||||
ανονP66 · P75 | a man | ἄνθρωπον | a man | ανθρωπον | | | uidete | videte | a man | ܓܒܪܐ | a man | ἄνθρωπον | a man | |||||
οσP66 · P75 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | hominem | hominem | who | — | — | ὃς | who | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | told | εἶπέν | told | ειπεν | | | qui | qui | told | ܕܐܡܪ | told | εἶπέν | told | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | me | μοι | me | μοι | | | dixit | dixit | me | ܠܝ | me | μοι | me | |||||
πανταP66 · P75 | all things | πάντα | all things | παντα | | | mihi | mihi | all things | ܟܠ | all things | πάντα | all things | |||||
οσαP66 · P75 | as much as | ὅσα | as much as | οσα | | | omnia | omnia | as much as | ܡܕܡ | as much as | ὅσα | as much as | |||||
εποιησαP66 · P75 | I did; | ἐποίησα· | I did; | εποιησα | | | — | quæcumque | I did; | ܕܥܒܕܬ | I did; | ἐποίησα | I did; | |||||
μητιP66 · P75 | surely not ever | μήτι | surely not ever | μητι | | | feci | feci | surely not ever | — | — | μήτι | surely not ever | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | this | οὗτός | this | — | | | numquid | numquid | this | ܠܡܐ | this | οὗτός | this | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | ille | ipse | is | ܗܘܝܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
χσP66 · P75 | Christ? | χριστός; | Christ? | — | | | xps | Christus | Christ? | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ? | χριστός | Christ? | |||||
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