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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP19 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ait | said | ܘܐܡܪ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
αυτωP19 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | ei | illi | to Him; | ܠܗ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
συP19 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | tu | Tu | You yourself | ܐܢܬ | You yourself | Σὺ | You yourself | |||||
ειP19 | are | εἶ | are | ει | | | es | es | are | ܗܘ | are | εἶ | are | |||||
οP19 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ερχομενοσP19 | coming One, | ἐρχόμενος, | coming One, | — | | | uenis | venturus | coming One, | ܕܐܬܐ | coming One, | ἐρχόμενος | coming One, | |||||
ηP19 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
ετερονP19 | another | ἕτερον | another | ετερον | | | expectamus | an | another | ܠܐܚܪܝܢ | another | ἕτερον | another | |||||
προσδοκωμενP19 | are we to look for? | προσδοκῶμεν;¶ | are we to look for? | προσδοκωμεν | | | alium | alium | are we to look for? | ܗܘ | are we to look for? | προσδοκῶμεν | are we to look for? | |||||
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