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 | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܝܕܥ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
οιδαP66 · P75 | I know | οἶδα | I know | οιδα | | | scio | scio | I know | ܐܢܐ | I know | οἶδα | I know | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܦܘܩܕܢܗ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | aeterna | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
εντοληP66 · P75 | commandment | ἐντολὴ | commandment | εντολη | | | mandatum | mandatum | commandment | ܚܝܐ | commandment | ἐντολὴ | commandment | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܐܢܘܢ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ζωηP66 · P75 | life | ζωὴ | life | — | | | uita | vita | life | ܕܠܥܠܡ | life | ζωὴ | life | |||||
αιωνιοσP66 · P75 | eternal | αἰώνιός | eternal | αιωνιος | | | — | æterna | eternal | ܐܝܠܝܢ | eternal | αἰώνιός | eternal | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܗܟܝܠ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
αP66 · P75 | What | ἃ | What | α | | | quae | quæ | What | — | — | ἃ | What | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܕܡܡܠܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | — | | | secundum | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | λαλῶ | I myself | |||||
λαλωP66 · P75 | speak | λαλῶ, | speak | λαλω | | | loquor | loquor | speak | ܐܝܟܢܐ | speak | ἐγώ | speak | |||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sic | sicut | even as | ܕܐܡܪ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
ειρηκενP66 · P75 | has said | εἴρηκέν | has said | ειρηκεν | | | dixit | dixit | has said | ܠܝ | has said | εἴρηκέν | has said | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | to Me | μοι | to Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | to Me | ܐܒܝ | to Me | μοι | to Me | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | Father, | πατήρ, | Father, | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father, | ܗܟܢܐ | Father, | πατήρ | Father, | |||||
ουτωP66 · P75 | so | οὕτως | so | ουτως | | | quod | sic | so | ܡܡܠܠ | so | οὕτως | so | |||||
λαλωP66 · P75 | I speak. | λαλῶ.¶ | I speak. | λαλω | | | loquor | loquor | I speak. | ܐܢܐ | I speak. | λαλῶ | I speak. | |||||
| Next Fragment: John 13:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||