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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
φωσP66 · P75 | a light | φῶς | a light | φως | | | lumen | lux | ? | ܢܘܗܪܐ | a light | φῶς | a light | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | in | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | maneat | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
κοσμονP66 · P75 | world | κόσμον | world | κοσμον | | | mundum | mundum | ? | ܐܬܝܬ | world | κόσμον | world | |||||
εληλυθαP66 · P75 | have come, | ἐλήλυθα, | have come, | εληλυθα | | | ueni | veni | ? | ܠܥܠܡܐ | have come, | ἐλήλυθα | have come, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that/so that | ܕܟܠ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
πασP66 · P75 | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | πας | | | omnes | omnis | every/all | — | — | πᾶς | everyone | |||||
οP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
πιστευωνP66 · P75 | is believing | πιστεύων | is believing | πιστευων | | | qui | qui | who/which | ܡܢ | is believing | πιστεύων | is believing | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | credit | credit | ? | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
εμεP66 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | in | in | in | ܒܝ | Me myself | ἐμέ | Me myself | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | me | me | me | ܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | in | in | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
σκοτιαP66 · P75 | darkness | σκοτίᾳ | darkness | σκοτεια | | | in | tenebris | ? | — | — | σκοτίᾳ | darkness | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | tenebris | non | not | ܢܩܘܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
μεινηP66 · P75 | may abide. | μείνῃ. | may abide. | μεινη | | | non | maneat | ? | ܒܚܫܘܟܐ | may abide. | μείνῃ | may abide. | |||||
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