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 | ||||||||||||
αυτοισP39 · P66 · P75 | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | απεκρειθη | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܥܢܐ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
κανP39 · P66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
εγωP39 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μαρτυρωP39 · P66 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
περιP39 · P66 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | to them; | ܐܦܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
εμαυτουP39 · P66 · P75 | Even if | κἂν | Even if | καν | | | etsi | Et | Even if | ܐܢܐ | Even if | Κἂν | Even if | |||||
ηP39 · P66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | — | si | I myself | ܡܤܗܕ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
μαρτυριαP39 · P66 · P75 | shall be bearing witness | μαρτυρῶ | shall be bearing witness | μαρτυρω | | | ego | ego | shall be bearing witness | ܐܢܐ | shall be bearing witness | μαρτυρῶ | shall be bearing witness | |||||
μουP39 · P66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | testificor | testimonium | concerning | ܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
αληθησP39 · P66 · P75 | Myself, | ἐμαυτοῦ, | Myself, | εμαυτου | | | ubi | perhibeo | Myself, | ܢܦܫܝ | Myself, | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself, | |||||
εστινP39 · P66 · P75 | true | ἀληθής | true | — | | | de | de | true | ܫܪܝܪܐ | true | ἀληθής | true | |||||
οτιP39 · P66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | — | | | me | meipso | is | ܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οιδαP39 · P66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | — | | | uerum | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
ποθενP39 · P66 · P75 | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | — | | | est | est | testimony | ܡܛܠ | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | |||||
ηλθονP39 · P66 · P75 | of Mine, | μου, | of Mine, | μου | | | testimonium | testimonium | of Mine, | ܕܕܝܕܥ | of Mine, | μου | of Mine, | |||||
καιP39 · P66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | — | | | meum | meum | because | ܐܢܐ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
πουP39 · P66 · P75 | I know | οἶδα | I know | — | | | et | quia | I know | ܡܢ | I know | οἶδα | I know | |||||
υπαγωP39 · P66 · P75 | from where | πόθεν | from where | — | | | scio | scio | from where | ܐܝܡܟܐ | from where | πόθεν | from where | |||||
υμεισP39 · P66 · P75 | I came | ἦλθον | I came | — | | | unde | unde | I came | ܐܬܝܬ | I came | ἦλθον | I came | |||||
δεP39 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | ueni | veni | and | ܘܠܐܝܟܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκP39 · P66 · P75 | where | ποῦ | where | — | | | et | et | where | ܐܙܠ | where | ποῦ | where | |||||
οιδατεP39 · P66 · P75 | I am going; | ὑπάγω· | I am going; | — | | | quoniam | quo | I am going; | ܐܢܐ | I am going; | ὑπάγω | I am going; | |||||
ποθενP39 · P66 · P75 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | — | | | uado | vado | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
ερχομαιP39 · P66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | — | | | uos | vos | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
πουP39 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | autem | autem | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
υπαγωP39 · P66 · P75 | know | οἴδατε | know | — | | | nescitis | nescitis | know | ܝܕܥܝܢ | know | οἴδατε | know | |||||
πόθενP39 · P66 · P75 | from where | πόθεν | from where | — | | | unde | unde | from where | ܐܢܬܘܢ | from where | πόθεν | from where | |||||
ἔρχομαιP39 · P66 · P75 | I come | ἔρχομαι | I come | — | | | uenio | venio | I come | ܡܢ | I come | ἔρχομαι | I come | |||||
ἢP39 · P66 · P75 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | or | |||||
ποῦP39 · P66 · P75 | where | ποῦ | where | που | | | ubi | quo | where | ܐܬܝܬ | where | ποῦ | where | |||||
ὑπάγω.P39 · P66 · P75 | I am going. | ὑπάγω. | I am going. | ϋπαγω | | | uado | vado | I am going. | ܘܠܐ | I am going. | ὑπάγω | I am going. | |||||
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