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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | απεκρι | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܥܢܐ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | uos | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | καὶ | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | εἶπεν | and | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | αὐτοῖς | said | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | — | | | — | eis | to them; | ܚܕ | to them; | Ἓν | to them; | |||||
εργονP66 · P75 | One | ἓν | One | εν | | | unum | Unum | One | — | — | ἔργον | One | |||||
εποιησαP66 · P75 | work | ἔργον | work | εργον | | | opus | opus | work | ܥܒܕܐ | work | ἐποίησα | work | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | I did, | ἐποίησα, | I did, | εποιησα | | | feci | feci | I did, | ܥܒܕܬ | I did, | καὶ | I did, | |||||
παντεσP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܟܠܟܘܢ | and | πάντες | and | |||||
θαυμαζετεP66 · P75 | all | πάντες | all | — | | | — | omnes | all | ܡܬܕܡܪܝܢ | all | θαυμάζετε | all | |||||
θαυμάζετε.P66 · P75 | you marvel. | θαυμάζετε. | you marvel. | — | | | miramini | miramini | you marvel. | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you marvel. | θαυμάζετε. | you marvel. | |||||
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