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 | ||||||||||||
οP6 · P66 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | ouium | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
δεP6 · P66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | qui | Qui | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εισερχομενοσP6 · P66 · P75 | entering in | εἰσερχόμενος | entering in | εισερχομενος | | | autem | autem | entering in | ܕܝܢ | entering in | εἰσερχόμενος | entering in | |||||
διὰP6 · P66 · P75 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | intrat | intrat | through | ܕܥܐܠ | through | διὰ | through | |||||
τῆςP6 · P66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | ipse | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
θύραςP6 · P66 · P75 | door | θύρας | door | θυρας | | | per | per | door | ܡܢ | door | θύρας | door | |||||
ποιμήνP6 · P66 · P75 | shepherd | ποιμήν | shepherd | — | | | osteum | ostium | shepherd | ܬܪܥܐ | shepherd | ποιμήν | shepherd | |||||
ἐστινP6 · P66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | pastor | pastor | is | ܪܥܝܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
τῶνP6 · P66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
προβάτων.P6 · P66 · P75 | sheep. | προβάτων. | sheep. | προβατων | | | est | est | sheep. | ܗܘ | sheep. | προβάτων | sheep. | |||||
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