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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | ergo | eis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܐܡܝܢ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
αμηνP66 · P75 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
αμηνP66 · P75 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
λεγωP66 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܢܐ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP66 · P75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܠܟܘܢ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
πρινP66 · P75 | before | πρὶν | before | πριν | | | ante | antequam | before | ܕܥܕܠܐ | before | πρὶν | before | |||||
αβρααμP66 · P75 | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | Abraham | Abraham | ܢܗܘܐ | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | |||||
γενεσθαιP66 · P75 | being | γενέσθαι | being | — | | | illis | fieret | being | ܐܒܪܗܡ | being | γενέσθαι | being | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | am. | εἰμί. | am. | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am. | ܐܝܬܝ | am. | εἰμι | am. | |||||
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