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 | | | ille | ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said; | ܝܫܘܥ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | |||||
λεγωP75 | I tell | λέγω | I tell | λεγω | | | dico | Dico | I tell | ܐܡܪ | I tell | Λέγω | I tell | |||||
σοιP75 | you | σοι, | you | σοι | | | tibi | tibi | you | ܐܢܐ | you | σοι | you | |||||
πετρεP75 | Peter, | Πέτρε, | Peter, | πετρε | | | petre | Petre | Peter, | ܠܟ | Peter, | Πέτρε | Peter, | |||||
ουP75 | certainly | οὐ | certainly | ου | | | non | non | certainly | ܫܡܥܘܢ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | |||||
φωνησειP75 | not | μή | not | μη | | | clamauit | cantabit | not | ܕܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
σημερονP75 | will crow | φωνήσει | will crow | φωνησει | | | hodie | hodie | will crow | ܢܩܪܐ | will crow | φωνήσῃ | will crow | |||||
αλεκτωρP75 | today | σήμερον | today | σημερον | | | gallus | gallus | today | ܬܪܢܓܠܐ | today | σήμερον | today | |||||
εωσP75 | the rooster | ἀλέκτωρ | the rooster | αλεκτωρ | | | usquequo | donec | the rooster | ܝܘܡܢܐ | the rooster | ἀλέκτωρ | the rooster | |||||
τρισP75 | until | ἕως | until | εως | | | ter | ter | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | πρὶν | until | |||||
μεP75 | three times | τρίς | three times | τρις | | | — | abneges | three times | ܕܬܠܬ | three times | ἢ | three times | |||||
απαρνησηP75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | negabis | nosse | Me | ܙܒܢܝܢ | Me | τρὶς | Me | |||||
ειδεναιP75 | you may deny | ἀπαρνήσῃ | you may deny | απαρνηση | | | me | me | you may deny | ܬܟܦܘܪ | you may deny | ἀπαρνήσῃ | you may deny | |||||
μήP75 | not | μή | not | μη | | | nescire | Et | not | ܕܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
εἰδέναι.¶P75 | to know | εἰδέναι.¶ | to know | ειδεναι | | | me | dixit | to know | ܝܕܥ | to know | εἰδέναι | to know | |||||
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