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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| ταῦτα | These things | ταῦτα | These things | ταῦτα | These things | Hæc | — | ܗܠܝܢ | Write | ταῦτα | These things | ||||||
| ἐν | in | ἐν | in | ἐν | in | in | in | ܒܒܝܬ | seen | ἐν | in | ||||||
| Βηθανίᾳ | Bethany | Βηθανίᾳ | Bethany | Βηθανίᾳ | Bethany | Bethania | — | ܥܢܝܐ | those | Βηθανίᾳ | Bethany | ||||||
| ἐγένετο | took place | ἐγένετο | took place | ἐγένετο | took place | facta | — | ܗܘܝ | them | ἐγένετο | took place | ||||||
| πέραν | across | πέραν | across | πέραν | across | sunt | — | ܒܥܒܪܐ | the | πέραν | across | ||||||
| τοῦ | the | τοῦ | the | τοῦ | the | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | trans | across | ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ | in | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | ||||||
| ὅπου | where | ὅπου | where | ὅπου | where | Jordanem | — | ܐܝܟܐ | of | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| ἦν | was | ἦν | was | ἦν | was | ubi | where | ܕܡܥܡܕ | the | ἦν | was | ||||||
| ὁ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Ἰωάννης | John | Ἰωάννης | John | Ἰωάνης | John | erat | — | ܗܘܐ | of | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| βαπτίζων.¶ | baptizing. | βαπτίζων.¶ | baptizing. | βαπτίζων.¶ | baptizing. | Joannes | John | ܝܘܚܢܢ | seven | βαπτίζων.¶ | baptizing. | ||||||