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 | ||||||||||||
ειπεP66 · P75 | Said | εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗܘܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | to them | ܬܘܒ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
οP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | When | ὅταν | When | οταν | | | cum | Cum | When | ܐܡܬܝ | When | Ὅταν | When | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | you may have lifted up | ὑψώσητε | you may have lifted up | ϋψωσητε | | | exaltaueritis | exaltaveritis | you may have lifted up | ܕܬܪܝܡܘܢܗ | you may have lifted up | ὑψώσητε | you may have lifted up | |||||
οτανP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | iterum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οP66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | Filium | Son | ܠܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸν | Son | |||||
υψωσηταιP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | of Man, | ἀνθρώπου, | of Man, | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man, | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man, | ἀνθρώπου | of Man, | |||||
υιονP66 · P75 | then | τότε | then | τοτε | | | tunc | tunc | then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | then | τότε | then | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | you will know | γνώσεσθε | you will know | — | | | — | cognoscetis | you will know | ܬܕܥܘܢ | you will know | γνώσεσθε | you will know | |||||
ανθρωπουP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܐܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
τοτεP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
γνωσεσθεP66 · P75 | am He, | εἰμι, | am He, | ειμι | | | scietis | — | — | ܘܡܕܡ | am He, | εἰμι | am He, | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | sum | sum | and | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | et | et | from | ܨܒܘܬ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | Myself | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself | εμαυτου | | | a | a | Myself | ܢܦܫܝ | Myself | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | I do | ποιῶ | I do | ποιω | | | me | meipso | I do | ܠܐ | I do | ποιῶ | I do | |||||
απP66 · P75 | no thing, | οὐδέν, | no thing, | ουδεν | | | facio | facio | no thing, | ܥܒܕ | no thing, | οὐδέν | no thing, | |||||
εμαυτουP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | nihil | nihil | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
ποιωP66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sed | sed | even as | ܐܠܐ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
ουδεP66 · P75 | taught | ἐδίδαξέν | taught | εδιδαξεν | | | sicut | sicut | taught | ܐܝܟܢܐ | taught | ἐδίδαξέν | taught | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | docuit | docuit | Me | ܕܐܠܦܢܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | me | me | Father | ܐܒܝ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
εδειδαξενP66 · P75 | of mine | μου, | of mine | — | | | pater | Pater | of mine | ܗܟܘܬ | of mine | μου | of mine | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | ܗܘ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
εδειδαξενP66 · P75 | I speak. | λαλῶ. | I speak. | λαλω | | | loquor | loquor | I speak. | ܡܡܠܠ | I speak. | λαλῶ | I speak. | |||||
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