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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | in | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
ουνP66 | Therefore | οὖν | Therefore | ουν | | | ihs | Jesus | Therefore | ܝܫܘܥ | Therefore | οὖν | Therefore | |||||
ισP66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ergo | ergo | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
προP66 | before | πρὸ | before | προ | | | ante | ante | before | ܩܕܡ | before | πρὸ | before | |||||
εξP66 | six | ἓξ | six | εξ | | | — | — | — | ܫܬܐ | six | ἓξ | six | |||||
ημερωνP66 | days | ἡμερῶν | days | ημερων | | | sex | sex | days | ܝܘܡܝܢ | days | ἡμερῶν | days | |||||
τουP66 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | erat | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πασχαP66 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | πασχα | | | dies | dies | Passover | ܕܦܨܚܐ | Passover | Πάσχα | Passover | |||||
ηλθεP66 | came | ἦλθεν | came | ηλθεν | | | paschae | Paschæ | came | ܐܬܐ | came | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
εισP66 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | uenit | venit | to | ܠܒܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
βηθανιανP66 | Bethany, | Βηθανίαν, | Bethany, | βηθανιαν | | | qui | — | — | ܥܢܝܐ | Bethany, | Βηθανίαν | Bethany, | |||||
οπουP66 | where | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | bethaniam | Bethaniam | where | ܐܝܟܐ | where | ὅπου | where | |||||
ηνP66 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | ubi | ubi | was | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
λαζαροσP66 | Lazarus | Λάζαρος | Lazarus | λαζαρος | | | lazarus | Lazarus | Lazarus | ܗܘܐ | Lazarus | Λάζαρος | Lazarus | |||||
οP66 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
τεθνηκωσP66 | having died | τεθνηκώς | having died | τεθνηκως | | | fuerat | fuerat | having died | ܠܥܙܪ | having died | τεθνηκώς | having died | |||||
ονP66 | whom | ὃν | whom | ον | | | mortuus | mortuus | whom | ܗܘ | whom | ὃν | whom | |||||
ηγειρενP66 | raised | ἤγειρεν | raised | ηγειρεν | | | a | — | — | ܕܐܩܝܡ | raised | ἤγειρεν | raised | |||||
εκP66 | out from | ἐκ | out from | εκ | | | quem | quem | out from | ܡܢ | out from | ἐκ | out from | |||||
νεκρωνP66 | the dead | νεκρῶν | the dead | νεκρων | | | suscitabit | suscitavit | the dead | ܒܝܬ | the dead | νεκρῶν | the dead | |||||
ισP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | mortuis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
Ἰησοῦς.P66 | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦς. | Jesus. | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus. | ܡܝܬܐ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦς. | Jesus. | |||||
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