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 | ||||||||||||
ἐνP45 · P66 · P75 | In | ····· | — | — | | | in | In | In | ܘܒܢܡܘܤܐ | In | Ἐν | In | |||||
δὲP45 · P66 · P75 | now | ····· | — | — | | | lege | lege | now | ܕܝܢ | now | δὲ | now | |||||
τῷP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
νόμῳP45 · P66 · P75 | law | ····· | — | — | | | autem | autem | law | ܕܡܘܫܐ | law | νόμῳ | law | |||||
ἡμῖνP45 · P66 · P75 | us | ····· | — | — | | | moyses | Moyses | us | ܦܩܕ | us | Μωσῆς | us | |||||
ΜωϋσῆςP45 · P66 · P75 | Moses | ····· | — | — | | | — | mandavit | Moses | ܕܠܕܐܝܟ | Moses | ἡμῖν | Moses | |||||
ἐνετείλατοP45 · P66 · P75 | commanded | ····· | — | — | | | — | nobis | commanded | ܗܠܝܢ | commanded | ἐνετείλατο | commanded | |||||
τὰςP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | <the> | |||||
τοιαύταςP45 · P66 · P75 | such | ····· | — | — | | | — | hujusmodi | such | ܢܪܓܘܡ | such | τοιαύτας | such | |||||
λιθοβολεῖσθαι·P45 · P66 · P75 | to be stoned; | ····· | — | — | | | lapidare | lapidare | to be stoned; | ܐܢܬ | to be stoned; | λιθοβολεῖσθαι | to be stoned; | |||||
σὺP45 · P66 · P75 | You yourself | ····· | — | — | | | tu | Tu | You yourself | ܗܟܝܠ | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | |||||
οὖνP45 · P66 · P75 | therefore | ····· | — | — | | | — | ergo | therefore | ܡܢܐ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τίP45 · P66 · P75 | what | ····· | — | — | | | quid | quid | what | ܐܡܪ | what | τί | what | |||||
λέγεις;P45 · P66 · P75 | say You? | ····· | — | — | | | dicis | dicis | say You? | ܐܢܬ | say You? | λέγεις | say You? | |||||
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