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 | ||||||||||||
καιP19 | And | Καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܥܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αποκριθεισP19 | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | ܝܫܘܥ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | |||||
οP19 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιησουσP19 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܘܐܡܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP19 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ait | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
αυτοισP19 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | — | illis | to them; | ܙܠܘ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
πορευθεντεσP19 | Having gone | πορευθέντες | Having gone | πορευθεντες | | | euntes | Euntes | Having gone | — | — | Πορευθέντες | Having gone | |||||
απαγγειλατεP19 | do relate | ἀπαγγείλατε | do relate | απαγγειλατε | | | renuntiate | renuntiate | do relate | ܐܫܬܥܘ | do relate | ἀπαγγείλατε | do relate | |||||
ιωαννηP19 | to John | Ἰωάννῃ | to John | — | | | eis | Joanni | to John | ܠܝܘܚܢܢ | to John | Ἰωάννῃ | to John | |||||
αP19 | what | ἃ | what | α | | | quae | quæ | what | ܐܝܠܝܢ | what | ἃ | what | |||||
ακουετεP19 | you hear | ἀκούετε | you hear | ακουετε | | | audistis | audistis | you hear | ܕܫܡܥܝܢ | you hear | ἀκούετε | you hear | |||||
καιP19 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | iohanni | et | and | ܐܢܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
βλεπετεP19 | see: | βλέπετε· | see: | βλεπετε | | | uidetis | vidistis | see: | ܘܚܙܝܢ | see: | βλέπετε | see: | |||||
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