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 | Which | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | Which | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | respondens | — | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | ihs | respondens | answering | ܕܝܢ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | — | ait | he said | ܥܢܐ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them: | — | | | non | eis | to them | ܘܐܡܪ | to them: | αὐτοῖς | to them: | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | Surely | ουκ | | | legistis | Non | not | ܠܗܘܢ | Surely | Οὐκ | Surely | ||||||
| — | ἀνέγνωτε | you have read | ανεγνωτε | | | quia | legistis | have you read | ܠܐ | you have read | ἀνέγνωτε | you have read | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | autem | quia | that | ܩܪܝܬܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the One | ο | | | fecit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | ||||||
| — | κτίσας | created | — | | | dixit | fecit hominem | made man | ܕܗܘ | created | ποιήσας | created | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from the | απ | | | ab | ab | from the | ܕܥܒܕ | from the | ἀπ’ | from the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχῆς | beginning | αρχης | | | initio | initio | beginning | ܡܢ | beginning | ἀρχῆς | beginning | ||||||
| — | ἄρσεν | male | αρσεν | | | masculum | masculum | male | ܒܪܫܝܬ | male | ἄρσεν | male | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܟܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | θῆλυ | female | θηλυν | | | feminam | feminam | female | ܘܢܩܒܬܐ | female | θῆλυ | female | ||||||
| — | ἐποίησεν | made | εποιησεν | | | fecit | fecit | made | ܥܒܕ | made | ἐποίησεν | made | ||||||
| — | αὐτούς; | them? | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them? | ܐܢܘܢ | them? | αὐτούς | them? | ||||||
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