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 | ||||||||||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | because | ܡܛܠ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
πολλοιP66 · P75 | many | πολλοὶ | many | πολλοι | | | multi | multi | many | ܕܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλοὶ | many | |||||
διP66 · P75 | on account of | δι᾽ | on account of | — | | | propter | propter | on account of | ܡܢ | on account of | δι’ | on account of | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | illum | illum | him | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | were going away | ὑπῆγον | were going away | — | | | — | abibant | were going away | — | — | ὑπῆγον | were going away | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | ihm | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
επιστευσανP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | ϊουδαιων | | | — | ex | Jews | ܡܛܠܬܗ | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | iudaei | Judæis | and | ܐܙܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | were believing | ἐπίστευον | were believing | επιστευον | | | et | et | were believing | ܗܘܘ | were believing | ἐπίστευον | were believing | |||||
ινP66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | credebant | credebant | in | ܘܡܗܝܡܢܝܢ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
τὸνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | ibant | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
Ἰησοῦν.¶P66 · P75 | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν.¶ | Jesus. | ιην | | | in | in | Jesus. | ܒܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus. | |||||
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