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 | ||||||||||||
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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 man | Ὁ | The man | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἀπεκρίθη | The man | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | — | | | respondit | Respondit | however | ܕܝܢ | but | αὐτοῖς | however | |||||
απεκριθηP66 · P75 | answered | ἀπεκρίθη | answered | απεκριθη | | | eis | eis | answered | ܕܝܢ | answered | Ὁ | answered | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | them; | αὐτοῖς· | them; | αυτοις | | | qui | Qui | them; | ܥܢܐ | them; | ποιήσας | them; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | The One | ὁ | The One | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | με | The One | |||||
ποιησασP66 · P75 | having made | ποιήσας | having made | ποιησας | | | me | me | having made | ܘܐܡܪ | having made | ὑγιῆ | having made | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | me | με | me | με | | | sanum | sanum | me | ܠܗܘܢ | me | ἐκεῖνός | me | |||||
υγιηP66 · P75 | well, | ὑγιῆ, | well, | ϋγιη | | | fecit | fecit | well, | ܗܘ | well, | μοι | well, | |||||
εκεινοσP66 · P75 | that One | ἐκεῖνός | that One | εκεινος | | | ille | ille | that One | ܕܥܒܕܢܝ | that One | εἶπεν | that One | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | to me | μοι | to me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | to me | ܚܠܝܡܐ | to me | Ἆρον | to me | |||||
ειπεP66 · P75 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said; | ܗܘ | said; | τὸν | said; | |||||
αρονP66 · P75 | do take up | ἆρον | do take up | αρον | | | tolle | Tolle | do take up | ܐܡܪ | do take up | κράββατόν | do take up | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | σου | the | |||||
κραβαττονP66 · P75 | mat | κράβαττόν | mat | κραβαττον | | | grabattum | grabatum | mat | ܠܝ | mat | καὶ | mat | |||||
σουP66 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | ܕܫܩܘܠ | of you | περιπάτει | of you | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܪܤܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
περιπατειP66 · P75 | do walk. | περιπάτει. | do walk. | περιπατει | | | ambula | ambula | do walk. | ܘܗܠܟ | do walk. | περιπάτει. | do walk. | |||||
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