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 | ||||||||||||
οP59 · P66 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | mundo | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
φιλωP59 · P66 · P75 | loving | φιλῶν | loving | φιλων | | | — | solum | loving | ܡܢ | loving | φιλῶν | loving | |||||
τηνP59 · P66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | hoc | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηνP59 · P66 · P75 | life | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | in | si | life | ܕܪܚܡ | life | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
αυτουP59 · P66 · P75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | — | autem | of him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
απολλυειP59 · P66 · P75 | loses | ἀπολλύει | loses | — | | | uitam | mortuum | loses | ܢܦܫܗ | loses | ἀπολέσει | loses | |||||
αυτηνP59 · P66 · P75 | it, | αὐτήν, | it, | αυτην | | | aeternam | fuerit | it, | ܢܘܒܕܝܗ | it, | αὐτήν | it, | |||||
καιP59 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | multum | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οP59 · P66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | custodiet | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
μισωνP59 · P66 · P75 | hating | μισῶν | hating | μεισων | | | eam | affert | hating | ܘܡܢ | hating | μισῶν | hating | |||||
τηνP59 · P66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηP59 · P66 · P75 | life | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | amat | amat | life | ܕܤܢܐ | life | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
αυτουP59 · P66 · P75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | animam | animam | of him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ενP59 · P66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | suam | suam | in | ܢܦܫܗ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP59 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | perdet | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
κοσμωP59 · P66 · P75 | world | κόσμῳ | world | κοσμω | | | eam | eam | world | ܒܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμῳ | world | |||||
τουτωP59 · P66 · P75 | this | τούτῳ | this | τουτω | | | et | et | this | — | — | τούτῳ | this | |||||
εισP59 · P66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | qui | qui | to | ܗܢܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
ζωηνP59 · P66 · P75 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | odit | odit | life | ܢܛܪܝܗ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
αιωνιονP59 · P66 · P75 | eternal | αἰώνιον | eternal | αιωνιον | | | animam | animam | eternal | — | — | αἰώνιον | eternal | |||||
φυλαξειP59 · P66 · P75 | will keep | φυλάξει | will keep | φυλαξει | | | suam | suam | will keep | ܠܚܝܐ | will keep | φυλάξει | will keep | |||||
αυτηνP59 · P66 · P75 | it. | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | αυτην | | | in | in | it. | ܕܠܥܠܡ | it. | αὐτήν | it. | |||||
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