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 | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܗܘ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | dme | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
βασιλικοσP66 · P75 | royal official; | βασιλικός· | royal official; | βασιλικος | | | regulus | regulus | royal official; | ܥܒܕ | royal official; | βασιλικός | royal official; | |||||
κεP66 · P75 | Sir, | κύριε, | Sir, | — | | | — | Domine | Sir, | ܡܠܟܐ | Sir, | Κύριε | Sir, | |||||
καταβηθιP66 · P75 | do come down | κατάβηθι | do come down | καταβηθι | | | descende | descende | do come down | ܡܪܝ | do come down | κατάβηθι | do come down | |||||
πρινP66 · P75 | before | πρὶν | before | πριν | | | priusquam | priusquam | before | ܚܘܬ | before | πρὶν | before | |||||
αποθανεινP66 · P75 | to die | ἀποθανεῖν | to die | αποθανιν | | | moriatur | moriatur | to die | ܥܕܠܐ | to die | ἀποθανεῖν | to die | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
παιδιονP66 · P75 | child | παιδίον | child | παιδιον | | | — | filius | child | ܡܐܬ | child | παιδίον | child | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of mine. | μου.¶ | of mine. | — | | | puer | meus | of mine. | ܠܗ | of mine. | μου | of mine. | |||||
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