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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθηP66 · P75 | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | απεκριθη | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܐܡܪ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܠܗܘܢ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܝܫܘܥ | I myself | Ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
δαιμονιονP66 · P75 | a demon | δαιμόνιον | a demon | δαιμονιον | | | daemonium | dæmonium | a demon | ܠܝ | a demon | δαιμόνιον | a demon | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܕܝܘܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εχωP66 · P75 | have, | ἔχω, | have, | εχω | | | habeo | habeo | have, | ܠܐ | have, | ἔχω | have, | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τιμωP66 · P75 | I honor | τιμῶ | I honor | τειμω | | | honorifico | honorifico | I honor | ܐܠܐ | I honor | τιμῶ | I honor | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP66 · P75 | Father | πατέρα | Father | — | | | patrem | Patrem | Father | ܠܐܒܝ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine, | μου, | of Mine, | μου | | | meum | meum | of Mine, | ܡܝܩܪ | of Mine, | μου | of Mine, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܘܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
ατιμαζετεP66 · P75 | dishonor | ἀτιμάζετέ | dishonor | ατειμαζετε | | | speratis | inhonorastis | dishonor | ܡܨܥܪܝܢ | dishonor | ἀτιμάζετέ | dishonor | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me. | με. | Me. | με | | | me | me | Me. | ܠܝ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
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