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 | ||||||||||||
διαP66 · P75 | Because of | διὰ | Because of | — | | | quare | Quare | Because of | ܡܛܠ | Because of | Διὰ | Because of | |||||
τιP66 · P75 | why | τί | why | — | | | loquellam | loquelam | why | ܡܢܐ | why | τί | why | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | agnoscitis | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
λαλιανP66 · P75 | speech | λαλιὰν | speech | — | | | meam | meam | speech | ܡܠܬܝ | speech | λαλιὰν | speech | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
εμηνP66 · P75 | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | εμην | | | non | non | of Mine | ܠܐ | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | — | cognoscitis | not | ܡܫܬܘܕܥܝܢ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
γινωσκεταιP66 · P75 | do you understand? | γινώσκετε; | do you understand? | γεινωσκετε | | | — | — | — | ܐܢܬܘܢ | do you understand? | γινώσκετε | do you understand? | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | Because | ὅτι | Because | οτι | | | quia | Quia | Because | ܥܠ | Because | Ὅτι | Because | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
δυνασθαιP66 · P75 | you are able | δύνασθε | you are able | — | | | potestis | potestis | you are able | ܡܫܟܚܝܢ | you are able | δύνασθε | you are able | |||||
ακουεινP66 · P75 | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | ακουειν | | | audire | audire | to hear | ܐܢܬܘܢ | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
λογονP66 · P75 | word | λόγον | word | λογον | | | — | sermonem | word | ܫܡܥܝܢ | word | λόγον | word | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | uerbum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
εμονP66 · P75 | of Mine. | ἐμόν. | of Mine. | εμον | | | meum | meum | of Mine. | ܡܠܬܝ | of Mine. | ἐμόν | of Mine. | |||||
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