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 | ||||||||||||
ιδοντεσP45 · P64+P67 | Having seen | ἰδόντες | Having seen | ϊδοντες | | | uidentes | Videntes | Having seen | ܚܙܘ | Having seen | Ἰδόντες | Having seen | |||||
δεP45 · P64+P67 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
οιP45 · P64+P67 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | haec | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μαθηταιP45 · P64+P67 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
ηγανακτησανP45 · P64+P67 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | indignati | indignati | of him | ܘܐܬܒܐܫ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
λεγοντεσP45 · P64+P67 | became indignant | ἠγανάκτησαν | became indignant | ηγανακτησαν | | | sunt | sunt | became indignant | — | — | ἠγανάκτησαν | became indignant | |||||
εισP45 · P64+P67 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | ܠܗܘܢ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
τιP45 · P64+P67 | For what | εἰς | For what | εις | | | ut | Ut | For what | ܘܐܡܪܘ | For what | Εἰς | For what | |||||
ηP45 · P64+P67 | purpose | τί | purpose | τι | | | quid | quid | purpose | ܠܡܢܐ | purpose | τί | purpose | |||||
απωλειαP45 · P64+P67 | is the | ἡ | is the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | is the | |||||
αυτηP45 · P64+P67 | waste | ἀπώλεια | waste | απωλεια | | | perditio | perditio | waste | ܐܒܕܢܐ | waste | ἀπώλεια | waste | |||||
αὕτη;P45 · P64+P67 | this? | αὕτη; | this? | αυτη | | | — | hæc | this? | ܗܢܐ | this? | αὕτη | this? | |||||
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