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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | and | — | | | autem | Et | and | ܐܡܪ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔφη | Was saying | — | | | respondens | respondens | Was saying | ܠܗܘܢ | Was saying | ἀποκριθεὶς | Was saying | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | ihs | Jesus | to them | ܝܫܘܥ | to them | ὁ | to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ait | ait | Jesus | ܠܐ | Jesus | εἶπεν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | said: | ειπεν | | | illis | illis | said: | ܗܘܐ | said: | αὐτοῖς | said: | ||||||
| — | οὐ | Surely | ου | | | non | Nonne | Surely | ܡܛܠ | Surely | Οὐ | Surely | ||||||
διαP45 | because of | διὰ | because of | δια | | | ideo | ideo | because of | ܗܕܐ | because of | διὰ | because of | |||||
τουτοP45 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | — | — | — | ܛܥܝܢ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
πλανασθεP45 | do you err | πλανᾶσθε | do you err | — | | | erratis | erratis | do you err | ܐܢܬܘܢ | do you err | πλανᾶσθε | do you err | |||||
μηP45 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ειδοτεσP45 | knowing | εἰδότες | knowing | — | | | scitis | scientes | knowing | ܝܕܥܝܢ | knowing | εἰδότες | knowing | |||||
τασP45 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | intellegentes | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
γραφασP45 | Scriptures | γραφὰς | Scriptures | γραφας | | | scripturas | Scripturas | Scriptures | ܐܢܬܘܢ | Scriptures | γραφάς | Scriptures | |||||
μηδεP45 | nor knowing | μηδὲ | nor knowing | μηδε | | | neque | neque | nor knowing | ܟܬܒܐ | nor knowing | μηδὲ | nor knowing | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δυναμινP45 | power | δύναμιν | power | δυναμιν | | | uirtutem | virtutem | power | ܘܠܐ | power | δύναμιν | power | |||||
τουP45 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP45 | of God? | θεοῦ; | of God? | θυ | | | di | Dei | of God? | ܚܝܠܗ | of God? | θεοῦ | of God? | |||||
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