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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | tribus | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | ihs | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | autem | Jesus | Jesus | ܠܗܘܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܝܫܘܥ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | — | | | ei | illis | to them; | ܐܡܝܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | ||||||
| — | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܢܐ | I say | λέγω | I say | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quod | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܕܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ||||||
| — | οἱ | who | οι | | | israhel | — | — | — | — | οἱ | who | ||||||
| — | ἀκολουθήσαντές | having followed | ακολουθησαντες | | | qui | qui secuti estis | who have followed | ܕܐܬܝܬܘܢ | having followed | ἀκολουθήσαντές | having followed | ||||||
| — | μοι | Me | μοι | | | secuti | me | me | ܒܬܪܝ | Me | μοι | Me | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | estis | in | in | ܒܥܠܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | παλιγγενεσίᾳ, | regeneration, | — | | | me | regeneratione | the regeneration | ܚܕܬܐ | regeneration, | παλιγγενεσίᾳ | regeneration, | ||||||
| — | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | in | cum | when | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | ||||||
| — | καθίσῃ | may sit down | καθιση | | | regeneratione | sederit | will sit | ܕܝܬܒ | may sit down | καθίσῃ | may sit down | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | cum | Filius | the Son | ܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | sederit | hominis | of man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | filius | in | on | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | θρόνου | the throne | θρονου | | | hominis | sede | the throne | ܬܪܢܘܤ | the throne | θρόνου | the throne | ||||||
| — | δόξης | of glory | δοξης | | | gloriae | majestatis | of his glory | ܕܫܘܒܚܗ | of glory | δόξης | of glory | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αυτου | | | sedem | suæ | his | ܬܬܒܘܢ | of Him, | αὐτοῦ | of Him, | ||||||
| — | καθήσεσθε | will sit | — | | | — | sedebitis | you will sit | ܐܦ | will sit | καθίσεσθε | will sit | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | suae | et | also | — | — | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | — | | | sedebitis | vos | you | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | et | super | upon | ܥܠ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | uos | duodecim | twelve | ܬܪܥܤܪ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | ||||||
| — | θρόνους | thrones | θρονους | | | super | sedes | thrones | ܟܘܪܤܘܢ | thrones | θρόνους | thrones | ||||||
| — | κρίνοντες | judging | κρεινοντες | | | sedes | judicantes | judging | ܘܬܕܘܢܘܢ | judging | κρίνοντες | judging | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | duodecim | duodecim | twelve | ܬܪܥܤܪ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | ||||||
| — | φυλὰς | tribes | φυλας | | | iudicantes | tribus | the tribes | ܫܒܛܐ | tribes | φυλὰς | tribes | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | super | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰσραήλ.¶ | of Israel. | ϊσραηλ | | | duodecim | Israël | of Israel | ܕܐܝܤܪܐܝܠ | of Israel. | Ἰσραήλ | of Israel. | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||