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 | ||||||||||||
ταP66 · P75 | The | τὰ | The | τα | | | quae | — | — | — | — | Τὰ | The | |||||
προβαταP66 · P75 | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | προβατα | | | oues | Oves | sheep | ܥܪܒܐ | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | |||||
ταP66 · P75 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | τα | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
εμαP66 · P75 | of Mine | ἐμὰ | of Mine | εμα | | | meae | meæ | of Mine | ܕܝܠܝ | of Mine | ἐμὰ | of Mine | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | to the | τῆς | to the | της | | | ego | — | — | — | — | τῆς | to the | |||||
φωνησP66 · P75 | voice | φωνῆς | voice | φωνης | | | uocis | vocem | voice | ܩܠܝ | voice | φωνῆς | voice | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meae | meam | of Mine | ܫܡܥܝܢ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
ακουουσινP66 · P75 | they listen | ἀκούουσιν, | they listen | — | | | audiunt | audiunt | they listen | ܘܐܢܐ | they listen | ἀκούει | they listen | |||||
καγωP66 · P75 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | καγω | | | et | et ego | and I | ܝܕܥ | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | |||||
γινωσκωP66 · P75 | know | γινώσκω | know | γεινωσκω | | | gnosco | cognosco | know | ܐܢܐ | know | γινώσκω | know | |||||
αυταP66 · P75 | them, | αὐτά, | them, | αυτα | | | eas | eas | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them, | αὐτά | them, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܗܢܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ακολουθουσινP66 · P75 | they follow | ἀκολουθοῦσίν | they follow | ακολουθουσιν | | | secuntur | sequuntur | follow | ܐܬܝܢ | they follow | ἀκολουθοῦσίν | they follow | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | Me, | μοι, | Me, | μοι | | | me | me | me | ܒܬܪܝ | Me, | μοι | Me, | |||||
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