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 | ||||||||||||
αλλαP75 | But | ἀλλὰ | But | αλλα | | | sed | Sed | But | ܐܠܐ | but | Ἀλλὰ | But | |||||
τιP75 | what | τί | what | τι | | | quid | quid | what | ܡܢܐ | what | τί | what | |||||
εξηλθατεP75 | have you gone out | ἐξήλθατε | have you gone out | εξηλθατε | | | existis | existis | have you gone out | ܢܦܩܬܘܢ | have you gone out | ἐξεληλύθατε | have you gone out | |||||
ιδειP75 | to see? | ἰδεῖν; | to see? | ειδειν | | | uidere | videre | to see? | ܠܡܚܙܐ | to see? | ἰδεῖν | to see? | |||||
προφητηνP75 | A prophet? | προφήτην; | A prophet? | προφητην | | | profetam | prophetam | A prophet? | ܢܒܝܐ | A prophet? | Προφήτην | A prophet? | |||||
ναιP75 | Yes | ναὶ | Yes | ναι | | | et | Utique | Yes | ܐܝܢ | Yes | Ναί | Yes | |||||
λεγωP75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܐܢܐ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
καιP75 | and one | καὶ | and one | και | | | etiam | et | and one | ܠܟܘܢ | and one | καὶ | and one | |||||
περισσοτερονP75 | more excellent | περισσότερον | more excellent | περισσοτερον | | | — | plus | more excellent | ܘܝܬܝܪ | more excellent | περισσότερον | more excellent | |||||
προφητουP75 | than a prophet. | προφήτου. | than a prophet. | προφητου | | | — | quam | than a prophet. | ܡܢ | than a prophet. | προφήτου | than a prophet. | |||||
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