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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθησανP66 · P75 | They answered | Ἀπεκρίθησαν | They answered | απεκριθησαν | | | responderunt | Responderunt | They answered | ܥܢܘ | They answered | Ἀπεκρίθησαν | They answered | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειπαP66 · P75 | they said | εἶπαν | they said | ειπαν | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | they said | ܠܗ | they said | εἶπον | they said | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | illi | ei | to Him; | ܐܒܘܢ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | The | ὁ | The | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | father | πατὴρ | father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | father | ܕܝܠܢ | father | πατὴρ | father | |||||
ημωνP66 · P75 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | noster | noster | of us | ܐܒܪܗܡ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
αβρααμP66 · P75 | Abraham | Ἀβραάμ | Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | Abraham | Abraham | ܗܘ | Abraham | Ἀβραάμ | Abraham | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܐܡܪ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | — | | | — | Dicit | Says | ܠܗܘܢ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
οP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | — | eis | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | ihs | Jesus | If | ܐܠܘ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
ειP66 · P75 | children | τέκνα | children | τεκνα | | | si | Si | children | ܒܢܘܗܝ | children | τέκνα | children | |||||
τεκναP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of Abraham | Ἀβραάμ | of Abraham | αβρααμ | | | fili | filii | of Abraham | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | of Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | of Abraham | |||||
αβρααμP66 · P75 | you are, | ἐστε, | you are, | εστε | | | abraham | Abrahæ | you are, | ܕܐܒܪܗܡ | you are, | ἦτε | you are, | |||||
εστεP66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ταP66 · P75 | works | ἔργα | works | εργα | | | estis | estis | works | ܥܒܕܘܗܝ | works | ἔργα | works | |||||
εργαP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ergo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | of Abraham | αβρααμ | | | opera | opera | of Abraham | ܕܐܒܪܗܡ | of Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | of Abraham | |||||
αβρααμP66 · P75 | you perform | ἐποιεῖτε | you perform | εποιειτε | | | abraham | Abrahæ | you perform | ܥܒܕܝܢ | you perform | ἐποιεῖτε | you perform | |||||
ποιειταιP66 · P75 | then would. | ἄν. | then would. | — | | | faceretis | facite | then would. | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | then would. | ἄν. | then would. | |||||
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