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 | ||||||||||||
λεγωP45 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | Λέγω | I say | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | autem | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | uobis | vobis | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ουδεισP45 · P75 | not one | οὐδεὶς | not one | ουδεις | | | hominorum | quod | not one | ܓܝܪ | not one | οὐδεὶς | not one | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ανδρωνP45 · P75 | men | ἀνδρῶν | men | — | | | — | — | — | ܕܚܕ | men | ἀνδρῶν | men | |||||
εκεινωνP45 · P75 | of those | ἐκείνων | of those | — | | | nemo | nemo | of those | — | — | ἐκείνων | of those | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | which | τῶν | which | των | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τῶν | which | |||||
κεκλημενωP45 · P75 | invited | κεκλημένων | invited | κεκλημενων | | | — | virorum | invited | ܡܢ | invited | κεκλημένων | invited | |||||
γευσεταιP45 · P75 | will taste | γεύσεταί | will taste | γευσεται | | | inuitati | — | — | ܗܢܘܢ | will taste | γεύσεταί | will taste | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | my | μου | my | μου | | | illorum | illorum | my | ܐܢܫܐ | my | μου | my | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
δειπνουP45 · P75 | supper | δείπνου | supper | δειπνου | | | quia | qui | supper | ܕܩܪܝܢ | supper | δείπνου | supper | |||||
πολλοίP45 · P75 | many | πολλοί | many | — | | | — | vocati | many | — | — | Πολλοὶ | many | |||||
γὰρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | de | — | — | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
εἰσινP45 · P75 | are | εἰσιν | are | — | | | sunt | sunt | are | ܠܐ | are | εἰσιν | are | |||||
κλητοίP45 · P75 | called | κλητοί | called | — | | | gustabit | gustabit | called | ܢܛܥܡܘܢ | called | κλητοί | called | |||||
ὀλίγοιP45 · P75 | few | ὀλίγοι | few | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὀλίγοι | few | |||||
δέP45 · P75 | but | δέ | but | — | | | cena | cœnam | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | but | |||||
ἐκλεκτοί.¶P45 · P75 | chosen. | ἐκλεκτοί.¶ | chosen. | — | | | mea | meam | chosen. | ܐܚܫܡܝܬܝ | chosen. | ἐκλεκτοί | chosen. | |||||
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