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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | Said | εἶπεν | Said | — | | | et | Et | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | respondit | dixit | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | — | ei | to him | ܠܗ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
εορακασP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Both | καὶ | Both | και | | | et | Et | Both | — | — | Καὶ | Both | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | You have seen | ἑώρακας | You have seen | εωρακας | | | uidisti | vidisti | You have seen | ܚܙܝܬܝܗܝ | You have seen | ἑώρακας | You have seen | |||||
οP66 · P75 | Him, | αὐτόν, | Him, | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him, | — | — | αὐτόν | Him, | |||||
λαλωνP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܘܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μεταP66 · P75 | the One | ὁ | the One | ο | | | illi | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | |||||
σουP66 · P75 | speaking | λαλῶν | speaking | — | | | qui | qui | speaking | — | — | λαλῶν | speaking | |||||
αυτοσP66 · P75 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | loquitur | loquitur | with | ܕܡܡܠܠ | with | μετὰ | with | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | you | σοῦ | you | σου | | | tecum | tecum | you | ܥܡܟ | you | σοῦ | you | |||||
ἐκεῖνόςP66 · P75 | He | ἐκεῖνός | He | εκεινος | | | ipse | ipse | He | — | — | ἐκεῖνός | He | |||||
ἐστιν.P66 · P75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܗܘܝܘ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
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