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 | ||||||||||||
ειπονP66 · P75 | They said | εἶπον | They said | ειπον | | | dixerunt | Dixerunt | They said | ܐܡܪܝܢ | They said | Εἶπον | They said | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܗ | therefore | δὲ | therefore | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | illi | illi | to him | ܬܘܒ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
παλινP66 · P75 | again: | πάλιν· | again: | — | | | quid | Quid | again: | ܡܢܐ | again: | πάλιν | again: | |||||
τιP66 · P75 | What | τί | What | τι | | | fecit | fecit | What | ܥܒܕ | What | Τί | What | |||||
εποιησενP66 · P75 | did He | ἐποίησέν | did He | εποιησεν | | | et | — | — | — | — | ἐποίησέν | did He | |||||
σοιP66 · P75 | to you? | σοι; | to you? | σοι | | | tibi | tibi | to you? | ܠܟ | to you? | σοι | to you? | |||||
πωσP66 · P75 | How | πῶς | How | πως | | | quomodo | quomodo | How | ܐܝܟܢܐ | How | Πῶς | How | |||||
ηνεωξενP66 · P75 | opened He | ἤνοιξέν | opened He | — | | | aperuit | aperuit | opened He | ܦܬܚ | opened He | ἤνοιξέν | opened He | |||||
σουP66 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tibi | tibi | of you | ܠܟ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
οφθαλμουσP66 · P75 | eyes? | ὀφθαλμούς;¶ | eyes? | οφθαλμους | | | oculos | oculos | eyes? | ܥܝܢܝܟ | eyes? | ὀφθαλμούς | eyes? | |||||
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