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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ελεγονP45 | they were saying | ἔλεγον | they were saying | — | | | dicunt | dicunt | they were saying | ܠܗ | they were saying | λέγουσιν | they were saying | |||||
αυτωιP45 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him; | ܒܐܝܢܐ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
ενP45 | By | ἐν | By | εν | | | in | In | By | — | — | Ἐν | By | |||||
ποιαP45 | what | ποίᾳ | what | ποια | | | qua | qua | what | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | what | ποίᾳ | what | |||||
εξουσιαP45 | authority | ἐξουσίᾳ | authority | εξουσια | | | potestate | potestate | authority | ܗܠܝܢ | authority | ἐξουσίᾳ | authority | |||||
ταυταP45 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | ܥܒܕ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
ποιεισP45 | are You doing | ποιεῖς | are You doing | ποιεις | | | facis | facis | are You doing | ܐܢܬ | are You doing | ποιεῖς | are You doing | |||||
ηP45 | Or | ἢ | Or | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Καὶ | Or | |||||
τισP45 | who | τίς | who | — | | | — | quis | who | ܘܡܢܘ | who | τίς | who | |||||
σοιP45 | You | σοι | You | — | | | — | dedit | You | ܝܗܒ | You | σοι | You | |||||
τηνP45 | gave | ἔδωκεν | gave | — | | | — | tibi | gave | ܠܟ | gave | τὴν | gave | |||||
εξουσιανP45 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐξουσίαν | <the> | |||||
ταυτηνP45 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | — | | | — | hanc | authority | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | authority | ταύτην | authority | |||||
δεδωκενP45 | this | ταύτην | this | — | | | — | potestatem | this | — | — | ἔδωκεν | this | |||||
ιναP45 | that | ἵνα | that | — | | | — | ut | that | ܗܢܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
ταυταP45 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | — | | | — | ista | these things | ܕܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
ποιησP45 | You may do? | ποιῇς; | You may do? | — | | | — | facias | You may do? | ܬܥܒܕ | You may do? | ποιῇς | You may do? | |||||
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