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 | I said | εἶπον | I said | ειπον | | | dixi | Dixi | I said | ܐܡܪܬ | I said | Εἶπον | I said | |||||
υμεινP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
αποθανισθαιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | you will die | ἀποθανεῖσθε | you will die | — | | | moriemini | moriemini | you will die | ܕܬܡܘܬܘܢ | you will die | ἀποθανεῖσθε | you will die | |||||
ταισP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܚܛܗܝܟܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αμαρτιαισP66 · P75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | sins | ἁμαρτίαις | sins | αμαρτιαις | | | peccatis | peccatis | sins | — | — | ἁμαρτίαις | sins | |||||
εανP66 · P75 | of you; | ὑμῶν· | of you; | ϋμων | | | uestris | vestris | of you; | ܐܠܐ | of you; | ὑμῶν | of you; | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | only | ἐὰν | only | εαν | | | si | si | only | — | — | ἐὰν | only | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
πιστευσηταιP66 · P75 | unless | μὴ | unless | μη | | | non | non | unless | — | — | μὴ | unless | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | you shall believe | πιστεύσητε | you shall believe | πιστευσητε | | | credideritis | credideritis | you shall believe | ܬܗܝܡܢܘܢ | you shall believe | πιστεύσητε | you shall believe | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | mihi | quia | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
αποθανισθαιP66 · P75 | am He, | εἰμι, | am He, | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am He, | ܐܢܐ | am He, | εἰμι | am He, | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | you will die | ἀποθανεῖσθε | you will die | αποθανεισθε | | | moriemini | moriemini | you will die | — | — | ἀποθανεῖσθε | you will die | |||||
ταισP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܬܡܘܬܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αμαρτιαισP66 · P75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | sins | ἁμαρτίαις | sins | αμαρτιαις | | | peccatis | peccato | sins | — | — | ἁμαρτίαις | sins | |||||
ὑμῶν.P66 · P75 | of you. | ὑμῶν. | of you. | ϋμων | | | uestris | vestro | of you. | ܒܚܛܗܝܟܘܢ | of you. | ὑμῶν | of you. | |||||
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