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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγενP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | He was saying | ἔλεγεν | He was saying | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | dicebat | He was saying | ܠܗܘܢ | He was saying | εἶπεν | He was saying | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | to them; | ܐܢܬܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You yourselves | ܡܢ | You yourselves | Ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | ܕܠܬܚܬ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
κατωP66 · P75 | below | κάτω | below | κατω | | | de | deorsum | below | ܐܢܬܘܢ | below | κάτω | below | |||||
εστεP66 · P75 | are, | ἐστέ, | are, | εστε | | | estis | estis | are, | ܘܐܢܐ | are, | ἐστέ | are, | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܡܢ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | ܕܠܥܠ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
ανωP66 · P75 | above | ἄνω | above | ανω | | | superioribus | supernis | above | ܐܢܐ | above | ἄνω | above | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | am; | εἰμί· | am; | ειμει | | | sum | sum | am; | — | — | εἰμί | am; | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | de | de | of | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τουτουP66 · P75 | this | τούτου | this | — | | | mundo | mundo | this | ܗܢܐ | this | τοῦ | this | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | κόσμου | the | |||||
κοσμουP66 · P75 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | hoc | hoc | world | ܐܢܬܘܢ | world | τούτου | world | |||||
εστεP66 · P75 | are, | ἐστέ, | are, | — | | | estis | estis | are, | ܥܠܡܐ | are, | ἐστέ | are, | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | — | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | am | εἰμὶ | am | — | | | sum | sum | am | ܗܘܝܬ | am | εἰμὶ | am | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | — | | | — | de | of | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | inferioribus | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
κοσμουP66 · P75 | world | κόσμου | world | — | | | hoc | hoc | world | ܗܢܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
τουτουP66 · P75 | this. | τούτου. | this. | τουτου | | | mundo | mundo | this. | ܥܠܡܐ | this. | τούτου | this. | |||||
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