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 | ||||||||||||
μηP66 · P75 · P95 | Not | Μὴ | Not | μη | | | nolite | Nolite | Not | ܕܒܪܗ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
θαυμαζεταιP66 · P75 · P95 | do marvel | θαυμάζετε | do marvel | θαυμαζετε | | | mirari | mirari | do marvel | ܗܘ | do marvel | θαυμάζετε | do marvel | |||||
τουτοP66 · P75 · P95 | at this, | τοῦτο, | at this, | τουτο | | | hoc | hoc | at this, | ܕܝܢ | at this, | τοῦτο | at this, | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 · P95 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | qui | quia | for | ܕܐܢܫܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ερχεταιP66 · P75 · P95 | is coming | ἔρχεται | is coming | ερχεται | | | uenit | venit | is coming | ܠܐ | is coming | ἔρχεται | is coming | |||||
ωραP66 · P75 · P95 | an hour | ὥρα | an hour | ωρα | | | hora | hora | an hour | ܬܬܕܡܪܘܢ | an hour | ὥρα | an hour | |||||
ενP66 · P75 · P95 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܗܕܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ηP66 · P75 · P95 | which | ᾗ | which | η | | | qua | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | which | |||||
παντεσP66 · P75 · P95 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܫܥܬܐ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
σοιP66 · P75 · P95 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
οιP66 · P75 · P95 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܐܡܬܝ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ενP66 · P75 · P95 | the | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | monumentis | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
τοισP66 · P75 · P95 | tombs | μνημείοις | tombs | μνημειοις | | | sunt | sunt | tombs | ܕܟܠܗܘܢ | tombs | μνημείοις | tombs | |||||
μνημειοισP66 · P75 · P95 | will hear | ἀκούσουσιν | will hear | — | | | audient | audient | will hear | ܐܝܠܝܢ | will hear | ἀκούσονται | will hear | |||||
τοισP66 · P75 · P95 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | uocem | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
μνημειοισP66 · P75 · P95 | voice | φωνῆς | voice | φωνης | | | — | Filii | voice | ܕܒܩܒܪܐ | voice | φωνῆς | voice | |||||
ακουσωσινP66 · P75 · P95 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | Dei | of Him | ܐܢܘܢ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
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