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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܥܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αποκρειθεισP75 | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκρειθεις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | ܝܫܘܥ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | |||||
αποκριθεισP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | dicite | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ειπενP75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | dixit | dixit | Jesus | ܘܐܡܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
αυτοισP75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | illis | illis | He said | — | — | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
πορευθεντεσP75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | euntes | Euntes | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
απαγγειλατεP75 | Having gone | πορευθέντες | Having gone | πορευθεντες | | | iohani | renuntiate | Having gone | ܙܠܘ | Having gone | Πορευθέντες | Having gone | |||||
ιωανειP75 | do relate | ἀπαγγείλατε | do relate | — | | | uestri | — | — | ܐܡܪܘ | do relate | ἀπαγγείλατε | do relate | |||||
αP75 | to John | Ἰωάννῃ | to John | — | | | quae | Joanni | to John | ܠܝܘܚܢܢ | to John | Ἰωάννῃ | to John | |||||
ειδετεP75 | what | ἃ | what | α | | | quae | quæ | what | ܟܠܡܕܡ | what | ἃ | what | |||||
καιP75 | you have seen | εἴδετε | you have seen | — | | | audierunt | audistis | you have seen | — | — | εἴδετε | you have seen | |||||
ηκουσατεP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܚܙܝܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τυφλοιP75 | heard: | ἠκούσατε· | heard: | — | | | uident | vidistis | heard: | ܘܫܡܥܬܘܢ | heard: | ἠκούσατε | heard: | |||||
αναβλεπουσινP75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܤܡܝܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
καιP75 | Blind | τυφλοὶ | Blind | τυφλοι | | | uestre | cæci | Blind | ܚܙܝܢ | Blind | τυφλοὶ | Blind | |||||
χωλοιP75 | receive sight, | ἀναβλέπουσιν, | receive sight, | αναβλεπουσιν | | | uiderunt | vident | receive sight, | ܘܚܓܝܪܐ | receive sight, | ἀναβλέπουσιν | receive sight, | |||||
περιπατουσινP75 | lame | χωλοὶ | lame | χωλοι | | | — | claudi | lame | ܡܗܠܟܝܢ | lame | χωλοὶ | lame | |||||
λεπροιP75 | walk, | περιπατοῦσιν, | walk, | περιπατουσιν | | | ambulant | ambulant | walk, | — | — | περιπατοῦσιν | walk, | |||||
καθαριζονταιP75 | lepers | λεπροὶ | lepers | λεπροι | | | leprosi | leprosi | lepers | ܘܓܪܒܐ | lepers | λεπροὶ | lepers | |||||
καιP75 | are cleansed, | καθαρίζονται, | are cleansed, | καθαριζονται | | | mundantur | mundantur | are cleansed, | ܡܬܕܟܝܢ | are cleansed, | καθαρίζονται | are cleansed, | |||||
κωφοιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܘܚܪܫܐ | and | κωφοὶ | and | |||||
ακουουσιP75 | deaf | κωφοὶ | deaf | κωφοι | | | surdi | surdi | deaf | ܫܡܥܝܢ | deaf | ἀκούουσιν | deaf | |||||
νεκροιP75 | hear, | ἀκούουσιν, | hear, | — | | | audiunt | audiunt | hear, | ܘܡܝܬܐ | hear, | νεκροὶ | hear, | |||||
εγειρονταιP75 | dead | νεκροὶ | dead | νεκροι | | | mortui | mortui | dead | — | — | ἐγείρονται | dead | |||||
πτωχοιP75 | are raised, | ἐγείρονται, | are raised, | εγειρονται | | | resurgunt | resurgunt | are raised, | ܩܝܡܝܢ | are raised, | πτωχοὶ | are raised, | |||||
ευαγγελιζονταιP75 | poor | πτωχοὶ | poor | πτωχοι | | | pauperes | pauperes | poor | ܘܡܤܟܢܐ | poor | εὐαγγελίζονται | poor | |||||
εὐαγγελίζονται,P75 | are evangelised, | εὐαγγελίζονται, | are evangelised, | ευαγγελιζονται | | | euangelizantur | evangelizantur | are evangelised, | ܡܤܬܒܪܝܢ | are evangelised, | εὐαγγελίζονται, | are evangelised, | |||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||