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 | ||||||||||||
οιP75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | auid | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπανP75 | they said; | εἶπαν· | they said; | ειπαν | | | illi | illi | they said; | ܡܢܐ | they said; | εἶπον | they said; | |||||
τιP75 | What | τί | What | τι | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | What | ܬܘܒ | What | Τί | What | |||||
ετιP75 | any more | ἔτι | any more | ετι | | | adhuc | Quid | any more | — | — | ἔτι | any more | |||||
εχομενP75 | have we | ἔχομεν | have we | — | | | ad | adhuc | have we | ܡܬܒܥܝܢ | have we | χρείαν | have we | |||||
μαρτυριασP75 | of witness | μαρτυρίας | of witness | — | | | de | desideramus | of witness | ܠܢ | of witness | ἔχομεν | of witness | |||||
χρειανP75 | need | χρείαν; | need | χρειαν | | | testium | testimonium | need | ܤܗܕܐ | need | μαρτυρίας | need | |||||
αυτοιP75 | We ourselves | αὐτοὶ | We ourselves | — | | | opus | ipsi | We ourselves | ܚܢܢ | We ourselves | Αὐτοὶ | We ourselves | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ηκουσαμενP75 | heard it | ἠκούσαμεν | heard it | ηκουσαμεν | | | audiuimus | audivimus | heard it | — | — | ἠκούσαμεν | heard it | |||||
αποP75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | — | de | from | ܫܡܥܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
τουP75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | habemus | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
στοματοσP75 | mouth | στόματος | mouth | στοματος | | | ore | ore | mouth | ܡܢ | mouth | στόματος | mouth | |||||
αυτουP75 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܦܘܡܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 23:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||