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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܥܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αποκριθεισP4 · P75 | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | ܝܫܘܥ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | |||||
προσP4 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | ihs | Jesus | to | — | — | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτουσP4 · P75 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | — | | | ad | ad | them | ܘܐܡܪ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
ειπενP4 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | — | | | eos | eos | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
ισP4 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | erat | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ουδεP4 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | dixit | dixit | Jesus; | ܘܠܐ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
τουτοP4 · P75 | Surely | οὐδὲ | Surely | — | | | autem | Nec | Surely | ܗܕܐ | Surely | Οὐδὲ | Surely | |||||
ανεγνωτεP4 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | hoc | hoc | this | — | — | τοῦτο | this | |||||
οP4 · P75 | have you read | ἀνέγνωτε | have you read | — | | | legistis | legistis | have you read | ܩܪܝܬܘܢ | have you read | ἀνέγνωτε | have you read | |||||
εποιησενP4 · P75 | what | ὃ | what | — | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | what | |||||
δαυιδP4 · P75 | did | ἐποίησεν | did | — | | | fecit | fecit | did | ܕܥܒܕ | did | ἐποίησεν | did | |||||
οτεP4 · P75 | David, | Δαυίδ, | David, | — | | | dauid | David | David, | — | — | Δαυίδ | David, | |||||
επεινασενP4 · P75 | when | ὅτε | when | — | | | cum | cum | when | ܕܘܝܕ | when | ὁπότε | when | |||||
αυτοσP4 · P75 | was hungry | ἐπείνασεν | was hungry | — | | | esuriit | esurisset | was hungry | ܟܕ | was hungry | ἐπείνασεν | was hungry | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | — | | | ipse | ipse | he himself | ܟܦܢ | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | |||||
οιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | numquam | et | and | ܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μετP4 · P75 | those who | οἱ | those who | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those who | |||||
αυτουP4 · P75 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | qui | qui | with | — | — | μετ’ | with | |||||
αὐτοῦP4 · P75 | him | αὐτοῦ | him | αυτους | | | quando | cum | him | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | |||||
ὄντες;P4 · P75 | being? | ὄντες; | being? | — | | | eo | illo | being? | ܕܥܡܗ | being? | ὄντες | being? | |||||
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