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 | ||||||||||||
αυτονP69 · P75 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܒܬܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εφηP69 · P75 | after | μετὰ | after | μετα | | | post | post | after | ܩܠܝܠ | after | μετὰ | after | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | a little | βραχὺ | a little | βραχυ | | | pusillum | pusillum | a little | ܚܙܝܗܝ | a little | βραχὺ | a little | |||||
συP69 · P75 | another | ἕτερος | another | ετερος | | | alius | alius | another | — | — | ἕτερος | another | |||||
εξP69 · P75 | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | ειδων | | | uidens | videns | having seen | ܐܚܪܢܐ | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | |||||
αυτωνP69 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | ܘܐܡܪ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
ειP69 · P75 | was saying; | ἔφη· | was saying; | — | | | dixit | dixit | was saying; | ܠܗ | was saying; | ἔφη | was saying; | |||||
οP69 · P75 | Also | καὶ | Also | — | | | idipsum | Et | Also | ܐܦ | Also | Καὶ | Also | |||||
δεP69 · P75 | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | — | | | — | tu | you yourself | — | — | σὺ | you yourself | |||||
ειπενP69 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | — | | | — | de | of | ܐܢܬ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
ανεP69 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | ille | illis | them | ܡܢܗܘܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ουκP69 · P75 | are. | εἶ. | are. | — | | | — | es | are. | ܐܢܬ | are. | εἶ | are. | |||||
ειμιP69 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δὲP69 · P75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | — | vero | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
ΠέτροςP69 · P75 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | — | | | — | ait | Peter | ܕܝܢ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | |||||
ἔφη·P69 · P75 | was saying; | ἔφη· | was saying; | — | | | dixit | O | was saying; | — | — | εἶπεν | was saying; | |||||
ἄνθρωπε,P69 · P75 | Man, | ἄνθρωπε, | Man, | ανθρωπε | | | homo | homo | Man, | ܐܡܪ | Man, | Ἄνθρωπε | Man, | |||||
οὐκP69 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εἰμί.P69 · P75 | I am. | εἰμί. | I am. | ειμι | | | sum | sum | I am. | ܗܘܝܬ | I am. | εἰμί | I am. | |||||
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