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 | ||||||||||||
ημεισP66 · P75 | We ourselves | ἡμεῖς | We ourselves | ημεις | | | nos | Nos | We ourselves | ܘܝܕܥܝܢܢ | We ourselves | Ἡμεῖς | We ourselves | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | know | οἴδαμεν | know | οιδαμεν | | | scimus | scimus | know | ܕܥܡ | know | οἴδαμεν | know | |||||
οιδαμενP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | that | ܡܘܫܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | to Moses | Μωϋσεῖ | to Moses | μωϋσει | | | moysi | Moysi | to Moses | ܐܠܗܐ | to Moses | Μωσῇ | to Moses | |||||
μωυσειP66 · P75 | has spoken | λελάληκεν | has spoken | λελαληκεν | | | locutus | locutus | has spoken | ܡܠܠ | has spoken | λελάληκεν | has spoken | |||||
λελαληκενP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
οP66 · P75 | God, | θεός, | God, | — | | | est | est | God, | ܠܗܢܐ | God, | θεός | God, | |||||
θσP66 · P75 | this man | τοῦτον | this man | — | | | — | Deus | this man | ܕܝܢ | this man | τοῦτον | this man | |||||
τουτονP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | — | | | hunc | hunc | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | autem | autem | not | ܝܕܥܝܢܢ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | we know | οἴδαμεν | we know | οιδαμεν | | | nescimus | nescimus | we know | ܡܢ | we know | οἴδαμεν | we know | |||||
οιδαμενP66 · P75 | from where | πόθεν | from where | ποθεν | | | unde | unde | from where | ܐܝܡܟܐ | from where | πόθεν | from where | |||||
ποθενP66 · P75 | is. | ἐστίν. | is. | εστιν | | | sit | sit | is. | ܗܘ | is. | ἐστίν | is. | |||||
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