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 | ||||||||||||
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; | |||||
εανP66 · P75 | If | ἐὰν | If | — | | | si | Si | If | ܝܫܘܥ | If | Ἐὰν | If | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | — | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
δοξασωP66 · P75 | shall glorify | δοξάσω | shall glorify | — | | | honorificauero | glorifico | shall glorify | ܐܢܐ | shall glorify | δοξάζω | shall glorify | |||||
εμαυτονP66 · P75 | Myself, | ἐμαυτόν, | Myself, | — | | | me | meipsum | Myself, | ܡܫܒܚ | Myself, | ἐμαυτόν | Myself, | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
δοξαP66 · P75 | glory | δόξα | glory | — | | | gloria | gloria | glory | ܐܢܐ | glory | δόξα | glory | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | — | | | mea | mea | of Mine | ܢܦܫܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
ουδενP66 · P75 | no thing | οὐδέν | no thing | — | | | ipsum | nihil | no thing | ܫܘܒܚܝ | no thing | οὐδέν | no thing | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is; | ἐστιν· | is; | — | | | est | est | is; | ܠܐ | is; | ἐστιν | is; | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | it is | ἔστιν | it is | — | | | est | est | it is | — | — | ἔστιν | it is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | Father | πατήρ | Father | — | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܗܘܐ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | — | | | meus | meus | of Mine | ܡܕܡ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
οP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | — | | | nil | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
δοξαζωνP66 · P75 | is glorifying | δοξάζων | is glorifying | δοξα | | | qui | qui | is glorifying | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is glorifying | δοξάζων | is glorifying | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | — | | | honorificat | glorificat | Me | ܐܒܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
ονP66 · P75 | of whom | ὃν | of whom | — | | | me | me | of whom | ܕܡܫܒܚ | of whom | ὃν | of whom | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | — | | | quem | quem | you yourselves | ܠܝ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
λεγεταιP66 · P75 | say | λέγετε | say | — | | | uos | vos | say | ܗܘ | say | λέγετε | say | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | dicitis | dicitis | that | ܕܐܡܪܝܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
οP66 · P75 | God | θεὸς | God | — | | | quia | quia | God | ܐܢܬܘܢ | God | Θεὸς | God | |||||
θσP66 · P75 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | — | | | ds | Deus | of us | ܕܐܠܗܢ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
ημωνP66 · P75 | He is, | ἐστιν, | He is, | εστιν | | | uester | vester | He is, | ܗܘ | He is, | ἐστιν | He is, | |||||
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