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 | ||||||||||||
ειP66 · P75 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܐܠܘ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
επιστευεταιP66 · P75 | you were believing | ἐπιστεύετε | you were believing | επιστευετε | | | crederitis | crederetis | you were believing | ܒܡܘܫܐ | you were believing | ἐπιστεύετε | you were believing | |||||
μωυσειP66 · P75 | in Moses, | Μωϋσεῖ, | in Moses, | μωϋσει | | | moysi | Moysi | in Moses, | ܗܝܡܢܬܘܢ | in Moses, | Μωσῇ | in Moses, | |||||
επιστευετεP66 · P75 | you were believing | ἐπιστεύετε | you were believing | επιστευετε | | | crederetis | crederetis | you were believing | ܐܦ | you were believing | ἐπιστεύετε | you were believing | |||||
ανP66 · P75 | then would | ἂν | then would | αν | | | utique | forsitan | then would | ܒܝ | then would | ἂν | then would | |||||
εμοιP66 · P75 | in Me myself; | ἐμοί· | in Me myself; | εμοι | | | et | et | in Me myself; | ܡܗܝܡܢܝܢ | in Me myself; | ἐμοί | in Me myself; | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | mihi | mihi | concerning | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | de | de | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εμουP66 · P75 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | εμου | | | me | me | Me | ܓܝܪ | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
εκεινοσP66 · P75 | he | ἐκεῖνος | he | εκεινος | | | enim | enim | he | ܥܠܝ | he | ἐκεῖνος | he | |||||
εγραψενP66 · P75 | wrote. | ἔγραψεν. | wrote. | εγραψεν | | | ille | ille | wrote. | ܟܬܒ | wrote. | ἔγραψεν | wrote. | |||||
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