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 | ||||||||||||
ειπονP66 · P75 | Said | Εἶπον | Said | ειπον | | | dixerunt | Dixerunt | Said | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Said | Εἶπον | Said | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | autem | ergo | therefore | ܠܗ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | — | ei | to Him | ܦܪܝܫܐ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | uerum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
φαρισαιοιP66 · P75 | Pharisees; | Φαρισαῖοι· | Pharisees; | φαρισαιοι | | | pharisaei | pharisæi | Pharisees; | ܐܢܬ | Pharisees; | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees; | |||||
συP66 · P75 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | tu | Tu | You yourself | ܥܠ | You yourself | Σὺ | You yourself | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܢܦܫܟ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
σεαυτουP66 · P75 | Yourself | σεαυτοῦ | Yourself | σεαυτου | | | te | teipso | Yourself | — | — | σεαυτοῦ | Yourself | |||||
μαρτυρισP66 · P75 | are bearing witness; | μαρτυρεῖς· | are bearing witness; | μαρτυρεις | | | testimonium | testimonium | are bearing witness; | ܡܤܗܕ | are bearing witness; | μαρτυρεῖς | are bearing witness; | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | illi | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
μαρτυριαP66 · P75 | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | μαρτυρια | | | dicis | perhibes | testimony | ܐܢܬ | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | |||||
σουP66 · P75 | of You | σου | of You | σου | | | testimonium | testimonium | of You | ܤܗܕܘܬܟ | of You | σου | of You | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | tuum | tuum | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἔστιν | is | εστιν | | | non | non | is | ܗܘܬ | is | ἔστιν | is | |||||
αληθησP66 · P75 | true. | ἀληθής.¶ | true. | αληθης | | | est | est | true. | ܫܪܝܪܐ | true. | ἀληθής | true. | |||||
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