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 | ||||||||||||
αλλοιP66 · P75 | Others | ἄλλοι | Others | αλλοι | | | ali | Alii | Others | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Others | Ἄλλοι | Others | |||||
ελεγονP66 · P75 | were saying; | ἔλεγον· | were saying; | ελεγον | | | dicebant | dicebant | were saying; | ܐܡܪܝܢ | were saying; | ἔλεγον | were saying; | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | This | οὗτός | This | ουτος | | | hic | Hic | This | ܗܘܘ | This | Οὗτός | This | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܗܢܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
χσP66 · P75 | Christ; | χριστός· | Christ; | — | | | xps | Christus | Christ; | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ; | χριστός | Christ; | |||||
αλλοιP66 · P75 | Those | οἱ | Those | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἄλλοι | Those | |||||
ελεγονP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | — | | | — | Quidam | however | ܕܝܢ | but | ἔλεγον | however | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | were saying; | ἔλεγον· | were saying; | — | | | — | autem | were saying; | — | — | Μὴ | were saying; | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | Surely not | μὴ | Surely not | μη | | | dicebant | dicebant | Surely not | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Surely not | γὰρ | Surely not | |||||
ελεγονP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | numquid | Numquid | for | ܓܝܪ | for | ἐκ | for | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | ali | a | out of | ܡܢ | out of | τῆς | out of | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | Γαλιλαίας | <the> | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaea | Galilæa | Galilee | ܓܠܝܠܐ | Galilee | ὁ | Galilee | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | de | — | — | — | — | χριστὸς | the | |||||
γαλιλαιασP66 · P75 | Christ | χριστὸς | Christ | — | | | uenit | venit | Christ | ܐܬܐ | Christ | ἔρχεται | Christ | |||||
οP66 · P75 | comes? | ἔρχεται; | comes? | ερχεται | | | xps | Christus | comes? | ܡܫܝܚܐ | comes? | ἔρχεται; | comes? | |||||
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