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 | ||||||||||||
επεμψενP75 | sent them | ἔπεμψεν | sent them | — | | | et | Et | sent them | ܘܩܪܐ | sent them | Καὶ | sent them | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | qui | convocavit | to | ܝܘܚܢܢ | to | προσκαλεσάμενος | to | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | duos | — | — | — | — | δύο | the | |||||
κνP75 | Lord | κύριον | Lord | — | | | ciscipulorum | de | Lord | ܡܢ | Lord | τινὰς | Lord | |||||
λεγωνP75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | — | | | dixit | discipulis | saying; | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | saying; | τῶν | saying; | |||||
συP75 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | ei | suis | You yourself | ܘܫܕܪ | You yourself | μαθητῶν | You yourself | |||||
ειP75 | are | εἶ | are | ει | | | es | Joannes | are | ܐܢܘܢ | are | αὐτοῦ | are | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ερχομενοσP75 | coming One, | ἐρχόμενος, | coming One, | ερχομενος | | | — | misit | coming One, | ܝܫܘܥ | coming One, | Ἰωάννης | coming One, | |||||
ηP75 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | aduocans | — | — | — | — | ἔπεμψεν | or | |||||
ετερονP75 | another | ἄλλον | another | αλλον | | | — | Jesum | another | ܐܢܬ | another | πρὸς | another | |||||
προσδοκωμενP75 | are we to look for? | προσδοκῶμεν;¶ | are we to look for? | προσδοκωμεν | | | dicite | dicens | are we to look for? | ܗܘ | are we to look for? | τὸν | are we to look for? | |||||
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