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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
καιP37 · P45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εσθιοντωνP37 · P45 | when were eating | ἐσθιόντων | when were eating | εσθιοντων | | | manducantibus | edentibus | when were eating | ܠܥܤܝܢ | when were eating | ἐσθιόντων | when were eating | |||||
αυτωνP37 · P45 | they | αὐτῶν | they | αυτων | | | eis | illis | they | ܐܡܪ | they | αὐτῶν | they | |||||
ειπενP37 · P45 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said; | — | — | εἶπεν | He said; | |||||
αμηνP37 · P45 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
λεγωP37 · P45 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP37 · P45 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
εισP37 · P45 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εξP37 · P45 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܕܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
υμωνP37 · P45 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | vestrum | of | — | — | ἐξ | of | |||||
παραδωσειP37 · P45 | you | ὑμῶν | you | υμων | | | me | me | you | ܡܢܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
μεP37 · P45 | will betray | παραδώσει | will betray | παραδωσει | | | tradet | traditurus | will betray | ܡܫܠܡ | will betray | παραδώσει | will betray | |||||
με.P37 · P45 | Me. | με. | Me. | με | | | uobis | est | Me. | ܠܝ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
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