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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | ille | Et | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
ισP75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | dixit | dicit | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP75 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | — | Jesus | said; | ܐܡܪ | said; | εἶπεν | said; | |||||
ηψατοP75 | Touched | ἥψατό | Touched | ηψατο | | | tetigit | Tetigit | Touched | ܐܢܫ | Touched | Ἥψατό | Touched | |||||
μουP75 | Me | μού | Me | μου | | | me | me | Me | ܩܪܒ | Me | μού | Me | |||||
τισP75 | someone; | τις· | someone; | τις | | | a | aliquis | someone; | ܠܝ | someone; | τις | someone; | |||||
εγωP75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | quis | nam | I myself | — | — | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | ego | ego | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εγνωνP75 | know | ἔγνων | know | εγνων | | | enim | novi | know | ܓܝܪ | know | ἔγνων | know | |||||
δυναμινP75 | power | δύναμιν | power | δυναμιν | | | uirtutem | virtutem | power | ܝܕܥܬ | power | δύναμιν | power | |||||
εξεληλυθυιανP75 | having left | ἐξεληλυθυῖαν | having left | — | | | sciui | de | having left | ܕܚܝܠܐ | having left | ἐξελθοῦσαν | having left | |||||
απP75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | me | me | from | ܢܦܩ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
εμουP75 | Me. | ἐμοῦ. | Me. | εμου | | | exisse | exiisse | Me. | ܡܢܝ | Me. | ἐμοῦ | Me. | |||||
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