The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Earliest Papyrus c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Sinaiticus c. 350 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
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| ΘΝ | God | ΘΝ | God | ΘΝ | God | Deum | down/away from | ܐܠܗܐ | To | ΘΝ | God | ||||||
| οὐδεὶς | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | nemo | no one | ܠܐ | judgment | οὐδεὶς | no one | ||||||
| ἑώρακεν | has seen | ἑώρακεν | has seen | ἑώρακεν | has seen | vidit | — | ܚܙܐ | all | ἑώρακεν | has seen | ||||||
| πώποτε· | ever yet; | πώποτε· | ever yet; | πώποτε· | ever yet; | umquam | ever | ܐܢܫ | convict | πώποτε· | ever yet; | ||||||
| ὁ | the | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| μονογενὴς | only begotten | μονογενὴς | only begotten | μονογενὴς | only begotten | unigenitus | only begotten | ܡܡܬܘܡ | the | μονογενὴς | only begotten | ||||||
| ΘΣ | God | ΘΣ | God | ΘΣ | God | Filius | daughter | ܝܚܝܕܝܐ | for | ΘΣ | God | ||||||
| ὁ | who | ὁ | who | ὁ | who | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | ||||||
| ὢν | is being | ὢν | is being | ὢν | is being | qui | how? | ܐܠܗܐ | deeds | ὢν | is being | ||||||
| εἰς | in | εἰς | in | εἰς | in | est | — | ܗܘ | they | εἰς | in | ||||||
| τὸν | the | τὸν | the | τὸν | the | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| κόλπον | bosom | κόλπον | bosom | κόλπον | bosom | in | in | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | done | κόλπον | bosom | ||||||
| τοῦ | of the | τοῦ | of the | τοῦ | of the | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| ΠΡΣ | Father, | ΠΡΣ | Father, | ΠΡΣ | Father, | sinu | bend into a curve | ܒܥܘܒܐ | for | ΠΡΣ | Father, | ||||||
| ἐκεῖνος | He | ἐκεῖνος | He | ἐκεῖνος | He | Patris | accomplish | ܕܐܒܘܗܝ | those | ἐκεῖνος | He | ||||||
| ἐξηγήσατο. | has made Him known. | ἐξηγήσατο. | has made Him known. | ἐξηγήσατο. | has made Him known. | ipse | himself/herself/itself | ܗܘ | Which | ἐξηγήσατο. | has made Him known. | ||||||