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 | ||||||||||||
επεινασαP45 | I hungered | ἐπείνασα | I hungered | επεινασα | | | esurii | esurivi | I hungered | ܟܦܢܬ | I hungered | Ἐπείνασα | I hungered | |||||
γαρP45 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܓܝܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκP45 | nothing | οὐκ | nothing | ουκ | | | non | non | nothing | ܘܠܐ | nothing | οὐκ | nothing | |||||
εδωκατεP45 | you gave | ἐδώκατέ | you gave | εδωκατε | | | dedistis | dedistis | you gave | — | — | ἐδώκατέ | you gave | |||||
μοιP45 | to Me | μοι | to Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | to Me | ܝܗܒܬܘܢ | to Me | μοι | to Me | |||||
φαγεινP45 | to eat, | φαγεῖν, | to eat, | φαγειν | | | manducare | manducare | to eat, | ܠܝ | to eat, | φαγεῖν | to eat, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | sitiui | sitivi | and | — | — | ἐδίψησα | and | |||||
εδιψησαP45 | I thirsted | ἐδίψησα | I thirsted | εδειψησα | | | et | et | I thirsted | ܠܡܐܟܠ | I thirsted | καὶ | I thirsted | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | non | non | and | ܘܨܗܝܬ | and | οὐκ | and | |||||
ουκP45 | nothing | οὐκ | nothing | ουκ | | | me | dedistis | nothing | — | — | ἐποτίσατέ | nothing | |||||
εποτισατεP45 | You gave to drink | ἐποτίσατέ | You gave to drink | εποτεισατε | | | — | mihi | You gave to drink | ܘܠܐ | You gave to drink | με | You gave to drink | |||||
μεP45 | Me, | με, | Me, | με | | | potastis | potum | Me, | ܐܫܩܝܬܘܢܢܝ | Me, | με, | Me, | |||||
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