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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ηγαπησανP66 · P75 | they loved | ἠγάπησαν | they loved | ηγαπησαν | | | dixerunt | Dilexerunt | they loved | ܪܚܡܘ | they loved | Ἠγάπησαν | they loved | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξαP66 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | gloriam | gloriam | glory | ܫܘܒܚܐ | glory | δόξαν | glory | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
ανωνP66 · P75 | of men | ἀνθρώπων | of men | ανθρωπων | | | hominum | hominum | of men | ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ | of men | ἀνθρώπων | of men | |||||
μαλλονP66 · P75 | more | μᾶλλον | more | μαλλον | | | magis | magis | more | ܝܬܝܪ | more | μᾶλλον | more | |||||
υπερP66 · P75 | than | ἤπερ | than | ηπερ | | | quam | quam | than | ܡܢ | than | ἤπερ | than | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξανP66 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | gloriam | gloriam | glory | ܫܘܒܚܗ | glory | δόξαν | glory | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP66 · P75 | of God. | θεοῦ.¶ | of God. | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ | of God. | |||||
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