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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP66 | There was | Ἦν | There was | ην | | | erat | Erat | There was | ܐܝܬ | There was | Ἦν | There was | |||||
δεP66 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | ergo | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ανακειμενοσP66 | reclining | ἀνακείμενος | reclining | ανακειμενος | | | recumbens | recumbens | reclining | ܕܝܢ | reclining | ἀνακείμενος | reclining | |||||
εισP66 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܡܢ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
εκP66 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | ex | ex | of | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of | τῶν | of | |||||
τωP66 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | μαθητῶν | the | |||||
μαθητωνP66 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܚܕ | disciples | αὐτοῦ | disciples | |||||
αυτουP66 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܕܤܡܝܟ | of Him | ἐν | of Him | |||||
ενP66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܗܘܐ | in | τῷ | in | |||||
τωP66 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | κόλπῳ | the | |||||
κολπωP66 | bosom | κόλπῳ | bosom | κολπω | | | sinus | sinu | bosom | ܒܥܘܒܗ | bosom | τοῦ | bosom | |||||
τουP66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ihu | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιυP66 | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | — | | | — | Jesu | of Jesus | ܗܘ | of Jesus | ὃν | of Jesus | |||||
ονP66 | whom | ὃν | whom | ον | | | quem | quem | whom | ܕܪܚܡ | whom | ἠγάπα | whom | |||||
ηγαπαP66 | was loving | ἠγάπα | was loving | ηγαπα | | | diligebat | diligebat | was loving | ܗܘܐ | was loving | ὁ | was loving | |||||
οP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | |||||
ισP66 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܠܗ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | |||||
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