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 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܙܠ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απηλθενP45 · P66 · P75 | He departed | ἀπῆλθεν | He departed | απηλθεν | | | abiit | abiit | He departed | ܠܗ | He departed | ἀπῆλθεν | He departed | |||||
παλινP45 · P66 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | iterum | iterum | again | ܠܥܒܪܐ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
περανP45 · P66 · P75 | beyond | πέραν | beyond | περαν | | | trans | trans | beyond | ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ | beyond | πέραν | beyond | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | iohanes | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
ιορδανουP45 · P66 · P75 | Jordan | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | ϊορδανου | | | iordanen | Jordanem | Jordan | ܠܕܘܟܬܐ | Jordan | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | |||||
εισP45 · P66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܐܝܟܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
τοπονP45 · P66 · P75 | place | τόπον | place | τοπον | | | — | eum | place | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | place | τόπον | place | |||||
οπουP45 · P66 · P75 | where | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | locum | locum | where | ܗܘܐ | where | ὅπου | where | |||||
ηνP45 · P66 · P75 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | ubi | ubi | was | ܝܘܚܢܢ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
ιωαννησP45 · P66 · P75 | John | Ἰωάννης | John | — | | | erat | erat | John | ܡܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | |||||
τοP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
προτερονP45 · P66 · P75 | at first | πρῶτον | at first | πρωτον | | | ibi | Joannes | at first | ܩܕܝܡ | at first | πρῶτον | at first | |||||
βαπτιζωνP45 · P66 · P75 | baptizing, | βαπτίζων, | baptizing, | βαπτιζων | | | baptizans | baptizans | baptizing, | ܟܕ | baptizing, | βαπτίζων | baptizing, | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | primum | primum | And | ܡܥܡܕ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
εμεινενP45 · P66 · P75 | He stayed | ἔμεινεν | He stayed | εμεινεν | | | et | et | He stayed | ܗܘܐ | He stayed | ἔμεινεν | He stayed | |||||
εκειP45 · P66 · P75 | there. | ἐκεῖ. | there. | εκει | | | mansit | mansit | there. | ܘܗܘܐ | there. | ἐκεῖ | there. | |||||
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