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 | ||||||||||||
καγωP75 | And I myself | κἀγὼ | And I myself | καγω | | | et | Et | And I myself | ܘܐܢܐ | And I myself | κἀγὼ | And I myself | |||||
διατιθεμαιP75 | appoint | διατίθεμαι | appoint | — | | | ego | ego | appoint | ܡܫܬܘܕܐ | appoint | διατίθεμαι | appoint | |||||
υμινP75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | dispono | dispono | to you | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
καθωσP75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | uobis | vobis | even as | ܠܟܘܢ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
διεθετοP75 | appointed | διέθετό | appointed | διεθετο | | | sicut | sicut | appointed | ܐܝܟ | appointed | διέθετό | appointed | |||||
μοιP75 | to Me | μοι | to Me | μοι | | | disposuit | disposuit | to Me | ܕܐܫܬܘܕܝ | to Me | μοι | to Me | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | mihi | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πατηρP75 | Father | πατήρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܠܝ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
μουP75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | — | | | — | meus | of Mine | ܐܒܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
βασιλειανP75 | a kingdom, | βασιλείαν, | a kingdom, | βασιλειαν | | | regnum | regnum | a kingdom, | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | a kingdom, | βασιλείαν | a kingdom, | |||||
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