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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθηP66 · P75 | Answered | ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | απεκριθη | | | et | et | Answered | ܐܡܪ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | them | αὐτοῖς | them | — | | | respondit | nos | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτοῖς | them | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | dixit | — | — | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | Not | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | nonne | credidimus | Not | — | — | Οὐκ | Not | |||||
υμασP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | et | et | I myself | ܠܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | ego | cognovimus | you | ܗܘܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
εξελεξαμηνP66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | uos | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
εξP66 · P75 | Twelve | δώδεκα | Twelve | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܢܐ | Twelve | δώδεκα | Twelve | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | did choose, | ἐξελεξάμην, | did choose, | εξελεξαμην | | | duodeci | quia | did choose, | ܓܒܝܬܟܘܢ | did choose, | ἐξελεξάμην | did choose, | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | elegi | tu | and | ܠܬܪܥܤܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
διαβολοσP66 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | — | | | est | es | of | ܘܡܢܟܘܢ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | you | ὑμῶν | you | — | | | unus | Christus | you | — | — | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
εἷςP66 · P75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | ex | — | — | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
διάβολόςP66 · P75 | a devil | διάβολός | a devil | διαβολος | | | uobis | Filius | a devil | ܤܛܢܐ | a devil | διάβολός | a devil | |||||
ἐστιν;P66 · P75 | is? | ἐστιν; | is? | εστιν | | | diabolus | Dei | is? | ܗܘ | is? | ἐστιν | is? | |||||
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