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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθηP66 · P75 | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | απεκρειθη | | | respondit | Dixit | Answered | ܥܢܐ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | then | ܗܘ | then | οὖν | then | |||||
εκεινοσP66 · P75 | he | ἐκεῖνος | he | εκεινος | | | — | eis | he | ܘܐܡܪ | he | ἐκεῖνος | he | |||||
ειP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | ille | ille | and | ܠܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αμαρτωλοσP66 · P75 | said: | εἶπεν· | said: | — | | | si | Si | said: | ܐܢ | said: | εἶπεν | said: | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | Whether | εἰ | Whether | ει | | | peccator | peccator | Whether | ܚܛܝܐ | Whether | Εἰ | Whether | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | a sinner | ἁμαρτωλός | a sinner | αμαρτωλος | | | est | est | a sinner | ܗܘ | a sinner | ἁμαρτωλός | a sinner | |||||
οιδαP66 · P75 | He is | ἐστιν | He is | εστιν | | | nescio | nescio | He is | ܠܐ | He is | ἐστιν | He is | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | quoniam | — | — | ܝܕܥ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
οιδαP66 · P75 | I know; | οἶδα· | I know; | οιδα | | | unum | unum | I know; | ܐܢܐ | I know; | οἶδα | I know; | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | One thing | ἓν | One thing | εν | | | scio | scio | One thing | ܚܕܐ | One thing | ἓν | One thing | |||||
τυφλοσP66 · P75 | I do know | οἶδα | I do know | οιδα | | | caecus | quia | I do know | ܕܝܢ | I do know | οἶδα | I do know | |||||
ωP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | cæcus | that | ܝܕܥ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
αρτιP66 · P75 | blind | τυφλὸς | blind | τυφλος | | | eram | cum | blind | ܐܢܐ | blind | τυφλὸς | blind | |||||
βλεπωP66 · P75 | being | ὢν | being | — | | | et | essem | being | ܕܤܡܝܐ | being | ὤν | being | |||||
ἄρτιP66 · P75 | now | ἄρτι | now | αρτι | | | modo | modo | now | ܗܘܝܬ | now | ἄρτι | now | |||||
βλέπω.P66 · P75 | I see. | βλέπω. | I see. | βλεπω | | | uideo | video | I see. | ܘܗܫܐ | I see. | βλέπω | I see. | |||||
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