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 | ||||||||||||
προP66 · P75 | Before | Πρὸ | Before | προ | | | ante | Ante | before | ܩܕܡ | Before | Πρὸ | Before | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | diem | diem | day | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | finem | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
εορτησP66 · P75 | feast | ἑορτῆς | feast | εορτης | | | festum | festum | ? | ܥܐܕܐ | feast | ἑορτῆς | feast | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | diligens | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
πασχαP66 · P75 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | πασχα | | | paschae | Pasch | ? | ܕܦܨܚܐ | Passover | Πάσχα | Passover | |||||
ειδωσP66 · P75 | knowing | εἰδὼς | knowing | ειδως | | | sciens | sciens | ? | ܝܕܥ | knowing | εἰδὼς | knowing | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | eos | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܗܘܐ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | because/that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ηκειP66 · P75 | came | ἦλθεν | came | — | | | uenerat | venit | came | ܝܫܘܥ | came | ἐλήλυθεν | came | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | to him | αὐτοῦ | to him | αυτου | | | hora | hora | ? | ܕܡܛܬ | to him | αὐτοῦ | to him | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
ωραP66 · P75 | hour | ὥρα | hour | ωρα | | | eius | ejus | ? | ܫܥܬܐ | hour | ὥρα | hour | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that/so that | ܕܢܫܢܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
μεταβηP66 · P75 | He may depart | μεταβῇ | He may depart | μεταβη | | | transeat | transeat | ? | ܡܢ | He may depart | μεταβῇ | He may depart | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | — | ex | from/out of | ܗܢܐ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τουτουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | hoc | hoc | this | ܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
κοσμουP66 · P75 | this | τούτου | this | τουτου | | | mundo | mundo | ? | ܠܘܬ | this | τούτου | this | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܐܒܘܗܝ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP66 · P75 | Father, | πατέρα, | Father, | πατερα | | | patrem | cum | when/with | ܘܐܚܒ | Father, | πατέρα | Father, | |||||
αγαπησασP66 · P75 | having loved | ἀγαπήσας | having loved | αγαπησας | | | de | dilexisset | ? | ܠܕܝܠܗ | having loved | ἀγαπήσας | having loved | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | <the> | τοὺς | <the> | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | <the> | |||||
ιδιουσP66 · P75 | his own | ἰδίους | his own | ϊδιους | | | dilexit | qui | who/which | — | — | ἰδίους | his own | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | who were | τοὺς | who were | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | who were | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | suos | in | in | ܕܒܗܢܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
κοσμωP66 · P75 | world | κόσμῳ | world | κοσμω | | | qui | mundo | ? | ܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμῳ | world | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | sunt | in | in | ܘܥܕܡܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τελοσP66 · P75 | the end | τέλος | the end | τελος | | | in | finem | ? | ܠܚܪܬܐ | the end | τέλος | the end | |||||
ηγαπησενP66 · P75 | He loved | ἠγάπησεν | He loved | ηγαπησεν | | | mundo | dilexit | ? | ܐܚܒ | He loved | ἠγάπησεν | He loved | |||||
αυτουσP66 · P75 | them. | αὐτούς. | them. | αυτους | | | in | eos | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | |||||
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