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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP69 · P75 | Said | εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | et | Et | and | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
δεP69 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | dixit | ait | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
οP69 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
πετροσP69 · P75 | Peter; | Πέτρος· | Peter; | πετρος | | | petrus | Petrus | ? | ܓܒܪܐ | Peter; | Πέτρος | Peter; | |||||
ανεP69 · P75 | Man, | ἄνθρωπε, | Man, | ανθρωπε | | | homo | Homo | ? | ܠܐ | Man, | Ἄνθρωπε | Man, | |||||
ουκP69 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | nescio | nescio | ? | ܝܕܥ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
οιδαP69 · P75 | I know | οἶδα | I know | οιδα | | | quid | quid | ? | ܐܢܐ | I know | οἶδα | I know | |||||
οP69 · P75 | what | ὃ | what | — | | | dicis | — | — | — | — | ὃ | what | |||||
λεγεισP69 · P75 | you say. | λέγεις. | you say. | λεγεις | | | — | dicis | ? | ܐܡܪ | you say. | λέγεις | you say. | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | autem | Et | and | ܐܢܬ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ετιP69 · P75 | immediately | παραχρῆμα | immediately | παραχρημα | | | continuo | continuo | ? | ܘܡܚܕܐ | immediately | παραχρῆμα | immediately | |||||
αυτουP69 · P75 | while | ἔτι | while | ετι | | | adhuc | adhuc | ? | ܟܕ | while | ἔτι | while | |||||
λαλουντοσP69 · P75 | is speaking | λαλοῦντος | is speaking | λαλουντος | | | — | illo | ? | ܗܘ | is speaking | λαλοῦντος | is speaking | |||||
παραχρημαP69 · P75 | he | αὐτοῦ | he | αυτου | | | loquente | loquente | ? | ܡܡܠܠ | he | αὐτοῦ | he | |||||
εφωνησενP69 · P75 | crowed | ἐφώνησεν | crowed | εφωνησεν | | | cantauit | cantavit | ? | ܩܪܐ | crowed | ἐφώνησεν | crowed | |||||
αλεκτωρP69 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | eo | — | — | — | — | ἀλέκτωρ | the | |||||
ἀλέκτωρ.P69 · P75 | rooster. | ἀλέκτωρ. | rooster. | αλεκτωρ | | | gallus | gallus | ? | ܬܪܢܓܠܐ | rooster. | ἀλέκτωρ. | rooster. | |||||
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