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 | ||||||||||||
ουδεισP45 · P66 · P75 | No one | οὐδεὶς | No one | ουδεις | | | nemo | Nemo | No one | ܠܐ | No one | Οὐδεὶς | No one | |||||
ηρενP45 · P66 · P75 | takes away | αἴρει | takes away | αιρει | | | tollit | tollit | takes away | ܗܘܐ | takes away | αἴρει | takes away | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P66 · P75 | it | αὐτὴν | it | αυτην | | | eam | eam | it | ܐܢܫ | it | αὐτὴν | it | |||||
απP45 · P66 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | a | a | from | ܫܩܠ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
εμουP45 · P66 · P75 | Me, | ἐμοῦ, | Me, | εμου | | | me | me | Me, | ܠܗ | Me, | ἐμοῦ | Me, | |||||
αλλαP45 · P66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | tollere | sed | but | ܡܢܝ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
εγωP45 · P66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | — | | | — | ego | I myself | ܐܠܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
τιθημιP45 · P66 · P75 | lay down | τίθημι | lay down | — | | | — | pono | lay down | ܐܢܐ | lay down | τίθημι | lay down | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P66 · P75 | it | αὐτὴν | it | — | | | eam | eam | it | ܤܐܡ | it | αὐτὴν | it | |||||
απP45 · P66 · P75 | of | ἀπ᾽ | of | — | | | a | a | of | ܐܢܐ | of | ἀπ’ | of | |||||
εμαυτουP45 · P66 · P75 | Myself. | ἐμαυτοῦ. | Myself. | — | | | — | meipso | Myself. | ܠܗ | Myself. | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself. | |||||
εξουσιανP45 · P66 · P75 | Authority | ἐξουσίαν | Authority | εξουσιαν | | | et | et | Authority | ܡܢ | Authority | Ἐξουσίαν | Authority | |||||
εχωP45 · P66 · P75 | I have | ἔχω | I have | εχω | | | potestatem | potestatem | I have | ܨܒܝܢܝ | I have | ἔχω | I have | |||||
θειναιP45 · P66 · P75 | to lay down | θεῖναι | to lay down | θειναι | | | habeo | habeo | to lay down | — | — | θεῖναι | to lay down | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P66 · P75 | it | αὐτὴν | it | αυτην | | | ponere | ponendi | it | ܫܠܝܛ | it | αὐτήν | it | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eam | eam | and | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παλινP45 · P66 · P75 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | — | et | authority | ܓܝܪ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
εξουσιανP45 · P66 · P75 | I have | ἔχω | I have | εχω | | | potestatem | potestatem | I have | ܕܐܤܝܡܝܗ | I have | ἔχω | I have | |||||
εχωP45 · P66 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | habeo | habeo | again | ܘܫܠܝܛ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
λαβεινP45 · P66 · P75 | to take | λαβεῖν | to take | — | | | iterum | iterum | to take | ܐܢܐ | to take | λαβεῖν | to take | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P66 · P75 | it; | αὐτήν· | it; | αυτην | | | — | sumendi | it; | ܕܬܘܒ | it; | αὐτήν | it; | |||||
ταυτηνP45 · P66 · P75 | This | ταύτην | This | ταυτην | | | — | eam | This | ܐܤܒܝܗ | This | Ταύτην | This | |||||
ελαβονP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
εντοληνP45 · P66 · P75 | commandment | ἐντολὴν | commandment | εντολην | | | hoc | Hoc | commandment | ܕܗܢܐ | commandment | ἐντολὴν | commandment | |||||
παραP45 · P66 · P75 | I received | ἔλαβον | I received | ελαβον | | | mandatum | mandatum | I received | ܦܘܩܕܢܐ | I received | ἔλαβον | I received | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | from | παρὰ | from | παρα | | | accepi | accepi | from | ܩܒܠܬ | from | παρὰ | from | |||||
πρσP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
μουP45 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατρός | Father | πατρος | | | — | a | Father | ܡܢ | Father | πατρός | Father | |||||
μου.¶P45 · P66 · P75 | of Mine. | μου.¶ | of Mine. | — | | | patre | Patre | of Mine. | ܐܒܝ | of Mine. | μου | of Mine. | |||||
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