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 | ||||||||||||
εανP66 · P75 | What if | ἐὰν | What if | εαν | | | si | Sciens | What if | ܐܢ | What if | Ἐὰν | What if | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | uideritis | autem | then | ܬܚܙܘܢ | then | οὖν | then | |||||
θεωρησηταιP66 · P75 | you shall see | θεωρῆτε | you shall see | θεωρητε | | | — | Jesus | you shall see | ܗܟܝܠ | you shall see | θεωρῆτε | you shall see | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | filium | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υνP66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | hominis | semetipsum | Son | ܠܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸν | Son | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | quid | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ανουP66 · P75 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | — | murmurarent | of Man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | |||||
αναβαινονταP66 · P75 | ascending | ἀναβαίνοντα | ascending | — | | | ascendentem | de | ascending | ܕܤܠܩ | ascending | ἀναβαίνοντα | ascending | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | where | ὅπου | where | — | | | ubi | hoc | where | ܠܐܬܪ | where | ὅπου | where | |||||
ηνP66 · P75 | He was | ἦν | He was | ην | | | — | discipuli | He was | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | He was | ἦν | He was | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | ante | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
προτερονP66 · P75 | before? | πρότερον; | before? | προτερον | | | erat | dixit | before? | ܗܘܐ | before? | πρότερον | before? | |||||
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