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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | ille | Ille | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | autem | He said | ܐܡܪ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | — | dicit | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | eis | eis | I myself | ܐܝܬ | I myself | Ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
βρωσινP66 · P75 | food | βρῶσιν | food | βρωσιν | | | ego | Ego | food | ܠܝ | food | βρῶσιν | food | |||||
εχωP66 · P75 | have | ἔχω | have | εχω | | | escam | cibum | have | ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ | have | ἔχω | have | |||||
φαγεινP66 · P75 | to eat | φαγεῖν | to eat | φαγειν | | | habeo | habeo | to eat | ܕܐܟܘܠ | to eat | φαγεῖν | to eat | |||||
ηνP66 · P75 | that | ἣν | that | ην | | | manducare | manducare | that | ܐܝܕܐ | that | ἣν | that | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | quam | quem | you yourselves | ܕܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | uos | vos | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
οιδατεP66 · P75 | know. | οἴδατε. | know. | οιδατε | | | ignoratis | nescitis | know. | ܝܕܥܝܢ | know. | οἴδατε | know. | |||||
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