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 | ||||||||||||
ειπονP66 · P75 | Said | εἶπον | Said | — | | | dixerunt | Dixerunt | Said | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Said | Εἶπον | Said | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ιουδαιοιP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | ϊουδαιοι | | | iudaei | Judæi | Jews | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܥܕܟܝܠ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him; | αὐτόν· | Him; | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him; | ܒܪ | Him; | αὐτόν | Him; | |||||
πεντηκονταP66 · P75 | Fifty | πεντήκοντα | Fifty | πεντηκοντα | | | quinquaginta | Quinquaginta | Fifty | — | — | Πεντήκοντα | Fifty | |||||
ετηP66 · P75 | years old | ἔτη | years old | ετη | | | annos | annos | years old | ܚܡܫܝܢ | years old | ἔτη | years old | |||||
ουπωP66 · P75 | not yet | οὔπω | not yet | — | | | nondum | nondum | not yet | ܫܢܝܢ | not yet | οὔπω | not yet | |||||
εχεισP66 · P75 | are You, | ἔχεις, | are You, | εχεις | | | habes | habes | are You, | ܠܐ | are You, | ἔχεις | are You, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αβρααμP66 · P75 | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | Abraham | Abraham | ܘܠܐܒܪܗܡ | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | |||||
εορακασP66 · P75 | You have seen? | ἑώρακας;¶ | You have seen? | εωρακας | | | uidisti | vidisti | You have seen? | ܚܙܝܬ | You have seen? | ἑώρακας | You have seen? | |||||
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