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 | ||||||||||||
εμαχοντοP66 · P75 | Were arguing | Ἐμάχοντο | Were arguing | εμαχοντο | | | litigabant | Si | Were arguing | ܢܨܝܢ | Were arguing | Ἐμάχοντο | Were arguing | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | quis | therefore | ܗܘܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | with | πρὸς | with | — | | | manducare | manducaverit | with | ܕܝܢ | with | πρὸς | with | |||||
αλληλουσP66 · P75 | one another | ἀλλήλους | one another | — | | | — | ex | one another | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | one another | ἀλλήλους | one another | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | iudaei | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ιουδαιοιP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | ϊουδαιοι | | | ad | pane | Jews | ܚܕ | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | |||||
λεγοντεσP66 · P75 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | vivet | saying; | ܥܡ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
πωσP66 · P75 | How | πῶς | How | πως | | | inuicem | in | How | ܚܕ | How | Πῶς | How | |||||
δυναταιP66 · P75 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | — | æternum | is able | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | is able | δύναται | is able | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | this man | οὗτος | this man | ουτος | | | quomodo | et | this man | ܐܝܟܢܐ | this man | οὗτος | this man | |||||
δουναιP66 · P75 | us | ἡμῖν | us | ημειν | | | potest | panis | us | ܡܫܟܚ | us | ἡμῖν | us | |||||
ημινP66 · P75 | to give | δοῦναι | to give | — | | | hic | quem | to give | ܗܢܐ | to give | δοῦναι | to give | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
σαρκαP66 · P75 | flesh | σάρκα | flesh | σαρκα | | | nobis | dabo | flesh | ܦܓܪܗ | flesh | σάρκα | flesh | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | carnem | caro | of Him | ܕܢܬܠ | of Him | φαγεῖν | of Him | |||||
φαγεινP66 · P75 | to eat? | φαγεῖν;¶ | to eat? | φαγειν | | | dare | mea | to eat? | ܠܢ | to eat? | φαγεῖν;¶ | to eat? | |||||
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