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 | ||||||||||||
ταυταP66 · P75 | These things | ταῦτα | These things | ταυτα | | | haec | H | ? | ܘܟܕ | These things | Ταῦτα | These things | |||||
ειπωνP66 · P75 | having said | εἰπὼν | having said | ειπων | | | cum | c | ? | ܐܡܪ | having said | εἰπών | having said | |||||
επτυσενP66 · P75 | He spat | ἔπτυσεν | He spat | επτυσεν | | | dixisset | cum | when/with | ܗܠܝܢ | He spat | ἔπτυσεν | He spat | |||||
χαμαιP66 · P75 | on the ground | χαμαὶ | on the ground | χαμαι | | | — | dixisset | ? | ܪܩ | on the ground | χαμαί | on the ground | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | inspuit | exspuit | ? | ܥܠ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εποιησενP66 · P75 | He made | ἐποίησεν | He made | εποιησεν | | | terram | in | in | ܐܪܥܐ | He made | ἐποίησεν | He made | |||||
πηλονP66 · P75 | clay | πηλὸν | clay | πηλον | | | et | terram | land | ܘܓܒܠ | clay | πηλὸν | clay | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | fecit | et | and | — | — | ἐκ | of | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | ei | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πτυσματοσP66 · P75 | spittle | πτύσματος | spittle | — | | | lutum | fecit | made/did | ܛܝܢܐ | spittle | πτύσματος | spittle | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | in | lutum | ? | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
επεχρισενP66 · P75 | he rubbed | ἐπέχρισεν | he rubbed | επεχρεισεν | | | sputamento | ex | from/out of | ܪܘܩܗ | he rubbed | ἐπέχρισεν | he rubbed | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | on him | αὐτοῦ | on him | — | | | et | sputo | ? | ܘܛܫ | on him | τὸν | on him | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | de | — | — | — | — | πηλὸν | the | |||||
πηλονP66 · P75 | clay | πηλὸν | clay | πηλον | | | linuit | linivit | ? | ܥܠ | clay | ἐπὶ | clay | |||||
επιP66 · P75 | to | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | lutum | lutum | ? | ܥܝܢܘܗܝ | to | τοὺς | to | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὀφθαλμοὺς | the | |||||
οφθαλμουσP66 · P75 | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | eyes | οφθαλμους | | | super | oculos | ? | ܕܗܘ | eyes | τοῦ | eyes | |||||
τοῦP66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | — | | | eius | — | — | — | — | τυφλοῦ | of the | |||||
τυφλοῦP66 · P75 | blind | τυφλοῦ | blind | — | | | oculos | ejus | ? | ܤܡܝܐ | blind | τυφλοῦ | blind | |||||
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