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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | Even as | καθὼς | Even as | καθως | | | sicut | Sicut | just as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Even as | Καθὼς | Even as | |||||
καθωσP45 · P66 · P75 | knows | γινώσκει | knows | γεινωσκει | | | cognoscit | novit | ? | ܕܝܕܥ | knows | γινώσκει | knows | |||||
γεινωσκειP45 · P66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | me | ܠܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
μεP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ouibus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | father | ܐܒܝ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
πρP45 · P66 · P75 | I myself also | κἀγὼ | I myself also | καγω | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܢܐ | I myself also | κἀγὼ | I myself also | |||||
καγωP45 · P66 · P75 | know | γινώσκω | know | γεινωσκω | | | ego | ego | I | ܝܕܥ | know | γινώσκω | know | |||||
γεινωσκωP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | Father, | πατέρα, | Father, | πατερα | | | — | Patrem | father | ܐܢܐ | Father, | πατέρα | Father, | |||||
πραP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | patrem | et | and | ܠܐܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | cognosco | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τηνP45 · P66 · P75 | life | ψυχήν | life | ψυχην | | | et | meam | ? | ܘܢܦܫܝ | life | ψυχήν | life | |||||
ψυχηνP45 · P66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | — | | | animam | pono | ? | ܤܐܡ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
μουP45 · P66 · P75 | I lay down | τίθημι | I lay down | — | | | — | pro | for | ܐܢܐ | I lay down | τίθημι | I lay down | |||||
διδωμιP45 · P66 · P75 | for | ὑπὲρ | for | ϋπερ | | | — | ovibus | ? | ܚܠܦ | for | ὑπὲρ | for | |||||
υπερP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | do | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
τωνP45 · P66 · P75 | sheep. | προβάτων. | sheep. | προβατων | | | pro | meis | ? | ܥܢܐ | sheep. | προβάτων | sheep. | |||||
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