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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Ex | Said | ܘܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | autem | hoc | therefore | ܝܫܘܥ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ad | discipulorum | Jesus | ܠܬܪܥܤܪܬܗ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τοισP66 · P75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
δωδεκαP66 · P75 | Twelve; | δώδεκα· | Twelve; | δωδεκα | | | duodecim | abierunt | Twelve; | ܠܡܐ | Twelve; | δώδεκα | Twelve; | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | Surely not | μὴ | Surely not | μη | | | numquid | retro | Surely not | ܐܦ | Surely not | Μὴ | Surely not | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܢܬܘܢ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | jam | you yourselves | ܨܒܝܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
θελετεP66 · P75 | are wishing | θέλετε | are wishing | θελετε | | | uultis | non | are wishing | ܐܢܬܘܢ | are wishing | θέλετε | are wishing | |||||
υπαγεινP66 · P75 | to go away? | ὑπάγειν; | to go away? | ϋπαγειν | | | ire | cum | to go away? | ܠܡܐܙܠ | to go away? | ὑπάγειν | to go away? | |||||
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