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 | ||||||||||||
ἀνακύψαςP66 · P75 | Having lifted up | ····· | — | — | | | erigens | Erigens | Having lifted up | ܟܕ | Having lifted up | Ἀνακύψας | Having lifted up | |||||
δὲP66 · P75 | then | ····· | — | — | | | autem | autem | then | — | — | δὲ | then | |||||
ὁP66 · P75 | <the> | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ἸησοῦςP66 · P75 | Jesus | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
καὶP66 · P75 | and | ····· | — | — | | | se | se | and | ܐܬܦܫܛ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηδέναP66 · P75 | no one | ····· | — | — | | | ihs | Jesus | no one | — | — | μηδένα | no one | |||||
θεασάμενοςP66 · P75 | having seen | ····· | — | — | | | dixit | dixit | having seen | ܝܫܘܥ | having seen | θεασάμενος | having seen | |||||
πλὴνP66 · P75 | only | ····· | — | — | | | — | ei | only | — | — | πλὴν | only | |||||
τὴςP66 · P75 | <the> | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γυναικόςP66 · P75 | woman | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܡܪ | woman | γυναικός | woman | |||||
εἶπενP66 · P75 | said | ····· | — | — | | | mulieri | Mulier | said | ܠܗ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
αὐτῇ·P66 · P75 | to her, | ····· | — | — | | | ubi | ubi | to her, | — | — | αὐτῇ | to her, | |||||
ἡP66 · P75 | the | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ποῦ | the | |||||
γυνή,P66 · P75 | woman, | ····· | — | — | | | sunt | sunt | woman, | ܠܐܢܬܬܐ | woman, | εἰσιν | woman, | |||||
ποῦP66 · P75 | where | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܝܟܐ | where | ἐκεῖνοι | where | |||||
εἰσινP66 · P75 | are they | ····· | — | — | | | — | qui | are they | — | — | οἱ | are they | |||||
ἐκεῖνοιP66 · P75 | they | ····· | — | — | | | te | te | they | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | they | κατήγοροί | they | |||||
οἱP66 · P75 | the | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | σου | the | |||||
κατήγοροίP66 · P75 | accusers | ····· | — | — | | | — | accusabant | accusers | — | — | Οὐδείς | accusers | |||||
σουP66 · P75 | of you | ····· | — | — | | | nemo | nemo | of you | ܠܐ | of you | σε | of you | |||||
οὐδείςP66 · P75 | No one | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | ܐܢܫ | No one | κατέκρινεν | No one | |||||
σεP66 · P75 | you | ····· | — | — | | | — | te | you | — | — | σε | you | |||||
κατέκρινεν;P66 · P75 | has condemned? | ····· | — | — | | | condemnauit | condemnavit | has condemned? | ܚܝܒܟܝ | has condemned? | κατέκρινεν; | has condemned? | |||||
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