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 | ||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ηρωτησανP66 · P75 | asked | ἠρώτησαν | asked | ηρωτησαν | | | interrogauerunt | interrogaverunt | asked | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | asked | ἠρώτησαν | asked | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | illum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μαθηταιP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܪܒܢ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
λεγοντεσP66 · P75 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | — | | | rabbi | Rabbi | saying; | ܡܢܘ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
ραββειP66 · P75 | Rabbi, | ῥαββί, | Rabbi, | ραββει | | | quis | quis | Rabbi, | — | — | Ῥαββί | Rabbi, | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | who | τίς | who | τις | | | — | — | — | ܚܛܐ | who | τίς | who | |||||
ημαρτενP66 · P75 | sinned, | ἥμαρτεν, | sinned, | ημαρτεν | | | peccauit | peccavit | sinned, | ܗܢܐ | sinned, | ἥμαρτεν | sinned, | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | this man | οὗτος | this man | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this man | — | — | οὗτος | this man | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
γονεισP66 · P75 | parents | γονεῖς | parents | γονεις | | | parentes | parentes | parents | ܐܒܗܘܗܝ | parents | γονεῖς | parents | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | — | ejus | of him, | ܕܟܕ | of him, | αὐτοῦ | of him, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
τυφλοσP66 · P75 | blind | τυφλὸς | blind | τυφλος | | | caecus | cæcus | blind | ܤܡܐ | blind | τυφλὸς | blind | |||||
γεννηθηP66 · P75 | he may be born? | γεννηθῇ;¶ | he may be born? | γεννηθη | | | nasceretur | nasceretur | he may be born? | ܢܬܝܠܕ | he may be born? | γεννηθῇ | he may be born? | |||||
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