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 | ||||||||||||
καγωP45 · P75 | And I myself | κἀγὼ | And I myself | καγω | | | et | Et | And I myself | ܐܦ | And I myself | Κἀγὼ | And I myself | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | ego | ego | to you | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
λεγωP45 · P75 | say; | λέγω· | say; | λεγω | | | dico | dico | say; | ܐܡܪ | say; | λέγω | say; | |||||
αιτειτεP45 · P75 | do ask | αἰτεῖτε, | do ask | αιτειτε | | | uobis | vobis | do ask | ܐܢܐ | do ask | αἰτεῖτε | do ask | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | petite | Petite | and | ܠܟܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
δοθησεταιP45 · P75 | it will be given | δοθήσεται | it will be given | δοθησεται | | | et | et | it will be given | ܫܐܠܘ | it will be given | δοθήσεται | it will be given | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | dabitur | dabitur | to you; | — | — | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
ζητειτεP45 · P75 | do seek | ζητεῖτε, | do seek | ζητειτε | | | uobis | vobis | do seek | ܘܢܬܝܗܒ | do seek | ζητεῖτε | do seek | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | quaerite | quærite | and | ܠܟܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ευρησετεP45 · P75 | you will find; | εὑρήσετε· | you will find; | — | | | et | et | you will find; | ܒܥܘ | you will find; | εὑρήσετε | you will find; | |||||
κρουετεP45 · P75 | do knock | κρούετε, | do knock | κρουετε | | | inuenietis | invenietis | do knock | ܘܬܫܟܚܘܢ | do knock | κρούετε | do knock | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | pulsate | pulsate | and | ܩܘܫܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανυγησεταιP45 · P75 | it will be opened | ἀνοιγήσεται | it will be opened | — | | | et | et | it will be opened | ܘܢܬܦܬܚ | it will be opened | ἀνοιγήσεται | it will be opened | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you. | ὑμῖν. | to you. | ϋμειν | | | aperietur | aperietur | to you. | ܠܟܘܢ | to you. | ὑμῖν | to you. | |||||
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