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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | he said | εἶπεν | he said | ειπεν | | | — | ipse | he said | ܠܗ | he said | εἶπεν | he said | |||||
αυτωP75 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | dixit | dixit | to him; | ܐܒܘܗܝ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | |||||
τεκνονP75 | Son, | τέκνον, | Son, | — | | | ille | illi | Son, | — | — | Τέκνον | Son, | |||||
συP75 | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | συ | | | — | Fili | you yourself | ܒܪܝ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | |||||
παντοτεP75 | always | πάντοτε | always | παντοτε | | | tu | tu | always | ܐܢܬ | always | πάντοτε | always | |||||
μετP75 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | semper | semper | with | ܒܟܠܙܒܢ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
εμουP75 | me | ἐμοῦ | me | εμου | | | mecum | mecum | me | ܥܡܝ | me | ἐμοῦ | me | |||||
ειP75 | are, | εἶ, | are, | ει | | | es | es | are, | ܐܢܬ | are, | εἶ | are, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܟܠܡܕܡ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πανταP75 | all | πάντα | all | παντα | | | omnia | omnia | all | — | — | πάντα | all | |||||
ταP75 | that | τὰ | that | τα | | | illi | — | — | — | — | τὰ | that | |||||
εμαP75 | is mine | ἐμὰ | is mine | εμα | | | mea | mea | is mine | ܕܝܠܝ | is mine | ἐμὰ | is mine | |||||
σαP75 | yours | σά | yours | σα | | | tua | tua | yours | ܕܝܠܟ | yours | σά | yours | |||||
εστινP75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | sunt | sunt | is. | ܗܘ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
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