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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγονP66 · P75 | Were saying | ἔλεγον | Were saying | ελεγον | | | dicent | Dicebant | Were saying | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Were saying | Ἔλεγον | Were saying | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | adtulit | ergo | therefore | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μαθηταιP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܒܝܢܝܗܘܢ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܡܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αλληλουσP66 · P75 | one another; | ἀλλήλους· | one another; | — | | | inuicem | invicem | one another; | — | — | ἀλλήλους | one another; | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | Surely not | μή | Surely not | μη | | | numquid | Numquid | Surely not | ܐܢܫ | Surely not | Μή | Surely not | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | one | τις | one | τις | | | aliquis | aliquis | one | ܐܝܬܝ | one | τις | one | |||||
ηνεγκενP66 · P75 | did bring | ἤνεγκεν | did bring | ηνεγκε | | | — | attulit | did bring | ܠܗ | did bring | ἤνεγκεν | did bring | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to Him | ܡܕܡ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
φαγεινP66 · P75 | something to eat? | φαγεῖν; | something to eat? | φαγειν | | | manducare | manducare | something to eat? | ܠܡܐܟܠ | something to eat? | φαγεῖν | something to eat? | |||||
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