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 | ||||||||||||
παραγενομενοιP75 | Having come | Παραγενόμενοι | Having come | παραγενομενοι | | | et | Cum | Having come | ܘܐܬܘ | Having come | Παραγενόμενοι | Having come | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | iohannes | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | nos | venissent | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | aduenientes | ad | Him | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | eum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ανδρεσP75 | men | ἄνδρες | men | ανδρες | | | uiri | viri | men | ܠܗ | men | ἄνδρες | men | |||||
ειπανP75 | said; | εἶπαν· | said; | — | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | said; | ܝܘܚܢܢ | said; | εἶπον | said; | |||||
ιωανησP75 | John | Ἰωάννης | John | — | | | ad | Joannes | John | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | baptista | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
βαπτιστησP75 | Baptist | βαπτιστὴς | Baptist | — | | | mi | misit | Baptist | ܫܕܪܢ | Baptist | βαπτιστὴς | Baptist | |||||
απεστειλενP75 | has sent | ἀπέστειλεν | has sent | — | | | nos | nos | has sent | ܠܘܬܟ | has sent | ἀπέσταλκεν | has sent | |||||
ημασP75 | us | ἡμᾶς | us | — | | | ad | ad | us | ܘܐܡܪ | us | ἡμᾶς | us | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | te | te | to | ܐܢܬ | to | πρός | to | |||||
σεP75 | you | σὲ | you | — | | | dicens | dicens | you | ܗܘ | you | σε | you | |||||
λεγωνP75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | — | | | tu | Tu | saying; | ܗܘ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
συP75 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | — | | | es | es | You yourself | ܕܐܬܐ | You yourself | Σὺ | You yourself | |||||
ειP75 | are | εἶ | are | — | | | qui | qui | are | ܐܘ | are | εἶ | are | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | uenturus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ερχομενοσP75 | coming One, | ἐρχόμενος, | coming One, | — | | | es | es | coming One, | ܠܐܚܪܝܢ | coming One, | ἐρχόμενος | coming One, | |||||
ηP75 | or | ἢ | or | — | | | an | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
αλλονP75 | another | ἄλλον | another | — | | | alium | alium | another | ܡܤܟܝܢ | another | ἄλλον | another | |||||
προσδοκωμενP75 | are we to look for? | προσδοκῶμεν; | are we to look for? | προς | | | ex pectamus | exspectamus | are we to look for? | ܚܢܢ | are we to look for? | προσδοκῶμεν | are we to look for? | |||||
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