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 | ||||||||||||
εζητουνP66 · P75 | They were seeking | ἐζήτουν | They were seeking | εζητουν | | | quaerebant | Quærebant | They were seeking | ܘܒܥܘ | They were seeking | Ἐζήτουν | They were seeking | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܡܐܚܕܗ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτοP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܘܠܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
πιασαιP66 · P75 | to take, | πιάσαι, | to take, | πιασαι | | | — | apprehendere | to take, | — | — | πιάσαι | to take, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | but | καὶ | but | και | | | et | et | but | ܐܢܫ | but | Καὶ | but | |||||
ουδεισP66 · P75 | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | no one | ܐܪܡܝ | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | |||||
επεβαλλενP66 · P75 | laid | ἐπέβαλεν | laid | επεβαλεν | | | adpraehendere | misit | laid | ܥܠܘܗܝ | laid | ἐπέβαλεν | laid | |||||
επP66 · P75 | upon | ἐπ᾽ | upon | επ | | | inmisit | in | upon | ܐܝܕܝܐ | upon | ἐπ’ | upon | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | illius | illum | Him | ܡܛܠ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
χειραP66 · P75 | hand, | χεῖρα, | hand, | χειρα | | | manum | manus | hand, | ܕܠܐ | hand, | χεῖρα | hand, | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | — | quia | because | — | — | ὅτι | because | |||||
ουδεπωP66 · P75 | not yet | οὔπω | not yet | ουπω | | | nondum | nondum | not yet | ܥܕܟܝܠ | not yet | οὔπω | not yet | |||||
εληλυθειP66 · P75 | had come | ἐληλύθει | had come | εληλυθει | | | uenerat | venerat | had come | ܐܬܬ | had come | ἐληλύθει | had come | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | eum | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
ωραP66 · P75 | hour | ὥρα | hour | ωρα | | | hora | hora | hour | ܗܘܬ | hour | ὥρα | hour | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | of Him. | αυτου | | | quoniam | ejus | of Him. | ܫܥܬܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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