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 | ||||||||||||
ζητησετεP66 · P75 | You will seek | ζητήσετέ | You will seek | ζητησετε | | | quaeretis | Quæretis | You will seek | ܘܬܒܥܘܢܢܝ | You will seek | Ζητήσετέ | You will seek | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | ܘܠܐ | Me | με | Me | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ουχP66 · P75 | not | οὐχ | not | ουχ | | | non | non | not | ܬܫܟܚܘܢܢܝ | not | οὐχ | not | |||||
ευρησεταιP66 · P75 | will find | εὑρήσετέ | will find | ευρησετε | | | inuenietis | invenietis | will find | ܘܐܝܟܐ | will find | εὑρήσετε | will find | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | Me, | με, | Me, | — | | | et | et | Me, | — | — | καὶ | Me, | |||||
οπουP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܕܐܢܐ | and | ὅπου | and | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | where | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | ubi | ubi | where | ܐܝܬܝ | where | εἰμὶ | where | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | am | εἰμὶ | am | ειμι | | | ego | ego | am | — | — | ἐγώ | am | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | uado | sum | I myself | ܠܐ | I myself | ὑμεῖς | I myself | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܡܫܟܚܝܢ | you yourselves | οὐ | you yourselves | |||||
δυνασθεP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | — | — | δύνασθε | not | |||||
ελθεινP66 · P75 | are able | δύνασθε | are able | — | | | potestes | potestis | are able | ܐܢܬܘܢ | are able | ἐλθεῖν | are able | |||||
ἐλθεῖν.¶P66 · P75 | to come. | ἐλθεῖν.¶ | to come. | ελθειν | | | uenire | venire | to come. | ܠܡܐܬܐ | to come. | ἐλθεῖν.¶ | to come. | |||||
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