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 | ||||||||||||
ηρωτησανP66 · P75 | They asked | ἠρώτησαν | They asked | ηρωτησαν | | | interrogauerunt | Interrogaverunt | They asked | ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ | They asked | Ἠρώτησαν | They asked | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | — | ergo | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | him; | αὐτόν· | him; | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him; | ܡܢܘ | him; | αὐτόν | him; | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | Who | τίς | Who | τις | | | quis | Quis | Who | ܗܢܐ | Who | Τίς | Who | |||||
οP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐστιν | is | |||||
ανθρωποσP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
οP66 · P75 | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | ανθρωπος | | | — | ille | man | ܓܒܪܐ | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | |||||
ειπωνP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ambula | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
σοιP66 · P75 | having said | εἰπών | having said | ειπων | | | homo | homo | having said | ܕܐܡܪ | having said | εἰπών | having said | |||||
αρονP66 · P75 | to you; | σοι· | to you; | σοι | | | qui | qui | to you; | — | — | σοι | to you; | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | do take up | ἆρον | do take up | αρον | | | dixit | dixit | do take up | ܠܟ | do take up | Ἆρον | do take up | |||||
περιπατειP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
κράββατονP66 · P75 | mat | κράββατον | mat | — | | | tibi | tibi | mat | ܕܫܩܘܠ | mat | κράββατόν | mat | |||||
σουP66 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tolle | Tolle | of you | — | — | σου | of you | |||||
καὶP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | grabattum | grabatum | and | ܥܪܤܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
περιπάτει;P66 · P75 | do walk?’ | περιπάτει; | do walk?’ | περιπατει | | | tuum | tuum | do walk?’ | ܘܗܠܟ | do walk?’ | περιπάτει | do walk?’ | |||||
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