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 | ||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | me | Et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
θεωρωνP66 · P75 | beholding | θεωρῶν | beholding | θεωρων | | | uidet | videt | beholding | ܕܠܝ | beholding | θεωρῶν | beholding | |||||
εμεP66 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | me | me | Me myself | ܚܙܐ | Me myself | ἐμέ | Me myself | |||||
θεωρειP66 · P75 | he beholds | θεωρεῖ | he beholds | θεωρει | | | uidet | videt | he beholds | ܚܙܐ | he beholds | θεωρεῖ | he beholds | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the One | τὸν | the One | τον | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | |||||
πεμψανταP66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψαντά | having sent | πεμψαντα | | | qui | qui | having sent | ܠܡܢ | having sent | πέμψαντά | having sent | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me. | με. | Me. | με | | | misit | misit | Me. | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
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