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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγονP66 · P75 | Were saying | ἔλεγον | Were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | Dicebant | Were saying | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | Were saying | Ἔλεγον | Were saying | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܘܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τινεσP66 · P75 | some | τινες | some | τινες | | | quidam | quidam | some | ܐܢܫܐ | some | τινες | some | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | de | ex | of | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | those | τῶν | those | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | those | |||||
ιεροσολυμειτωνP66 · P75 | of Jerusalem; | Ἱεροσολυμιτῶν· | of Jerusalem; | ϊεροσολυμειτων | | | hierosolymitis | Jerosolymis | of Jerusalem; | ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | of Jerusalem; | Ἱεροσολυμιτῶν | of Jerusalem; | |||||
ουχP66 · P75 | Not | οὐχ | Not | ουχ | | | nonne | Nonne | Not | — | — | Οὐχ | Not | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | this | οὗτός | this | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this | ܠܘ | this | οὗτός | this | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is he | ἐστιν | is he | εστιν | | | est | est | is he | ܗܢܘ | is he | ἐστιν | is he | |||||
ονP66 · P75 | whom | ὃν | whom | ον | | | quem | quem | whom | ܗܘ | whom | ὃν | whom | |||||
ζητουσινP66 · P75 | they seek | ζητοῦσιν | they seek | ζητουσιν | | | querunt | quærunt | they seek | ܕܒܥܝܢ | they seek | ζητοῦσιν | they seek | |||||
αποκτειναιP66 · P75 | to kill? | ἀποκτεῖναι; | to kill? | αποκτειναι | | | occidere | interficere | to kill? | ܠܡܩܛܠ | to kill? | ἀποκτεῖναι | to kill? | |||||
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