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 | ||||||||||||
ειπονP75 | They said | Εἶπον | They said | — | | | dixerunt | Dixerunt | They said | ܐܡܪܝܢ | They said | Εἶπον | They said | |||||
ουνP75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτωP75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to Him; | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
τιP75 | What | τί | What | τι | | | quod | Quod | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | |||||
ουνP75 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | then | ܐܬܐ | then | οὖν | then | |||||
ποιεισP75 | do | ποιεῖς | do | — | | | tu | tu | do | ܥܒܕ | do | ποιεῖς | do | |||||
συP75 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | — | | | facis | facis | You yourself | ܐܢܬ | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | |||||
σημειονP75 | as a sign | σημεῖον | as a sign | — | | | signum | signum | as a sign | — | — | σημεῖον | as a sign | |||||
ιναP75 | that | ἵνα | that | — | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܢܚܙܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
ιδωμενP75 | we may see | ἴδωμεν | we may see | — | | | uideamus | videamus | we may see | ܘܢܗܝܡܢ | we may see | ἴδωμεν | we may see | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܒܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πιστευσωμενP75 | may believe | πιστεύσωμέν | may believe | — | | | credamus | credamus | may believe | ܡܢܐ | may believe | πιστεύσωμέν | may believe | |||||
σοιP75 | You? | σοι; | You? | σοι | | | tibi | tibi | You? | — | — | σοι | You? | |||||
τιP75 | What | τί | What | τι | | | quid | quid | What | ܤܥܪ | What | Τί | What | |||||
εργαζηP75 | work do You perform? | ἐργάζῃ; | work do You perform? | εργαζη | | | operaris | operaris | work do You perform? | ܐܢܬ | work do You perform? | ἐργάζῃ | work do You perform? | |||||
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