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 | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܥܢܐ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | illis | eis | therefore | ܝܫܘܥ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | them | αὐτοῖς | them | αυτοις | | | ihs | Jesus | them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | them | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | me | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | et | et | Jesus | ܘܐܡܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | dixit | dixit | and | ܝܘܠܦܢܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | said: | εἶπεν· | said: | ειπεν | | | mea | Mea | said: | — | — | εἶπεν | said: | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | <the> | |||||
εμηP66 · P75 | My | ἐμὴ | My | εμη | | | doctrina | doctrina | My | ܠܐ | My | ἐμὴ | My | |||||
διδαχηP66 · P75 | teaching | διδαχὴ | teaching | διδαχη | | | non | non | teaching | ܗܘܐ | teaching | διδαχὴ | teaching | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | est | est | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἔστιν | is | εστιν | | | mea | mea | is | ܕܝܠܝ | is | ἔστιν | is | |||||
εμηP66 · P75 | of Myself | ἐμὴ | of Myself | εμη | | | sed | sed | of Myself | ܐܠܐ | of Myself | ἐμή | of Myself | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | eius | ejus | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the One who | τοῦ | of the One who | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the One who | |||||
πεμψαντοσP66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψαντός | having sent | πεμψαντος | | | qui | qui | having sent | ܕܗܘ | having sent | πέμψαντός | having sent | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me; | με· | Me; | με | | | misit | misit | Me; | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | Me; | με | Me; | |||||
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