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 | ||||||||||||
οτεP66 | When | Ὅτε | When | οτε | | | cum | Cum | When | ܘܐܡܪ | When | Ὅτε | When | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | — | — | ἐξῆλθεν | therefore | |||||
εξηλθενP66 | he had gone out, | ἐξῆλθεν, | he had gone out, | εξηλθεν | | | exiuit | exisset | he had gone out, | ܝܫܘܥ | he had gone out, | λέγει | he had gone out, | |||||
λεγειP66 | says | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | dicit | dixit | says | ܗܫܐ | says | ὁ | says | |||||
ισP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | in | — | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | |||||
νυνP66 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | — | — | Νῦν | Jesus; | |||||
εδοξασθηP66 | Now | νῦν | Now | νυν | | | nunc | Nunc | Now | ܐܫܬܒܚ | Now | ἐδοξάσθη | Now | |||||
οP66 | has been glorified | ἐδοξάσθη | has been glorified | εδοξασθη | | | — | clarificatus | has been glorified | — | — | ὁ | has been glorified | |||||
υσP66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | glorificatus | — | — | — | — | υἱὸς | the | |||||
τουP66 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | est | est | Son | ܒܪܗ | Son | τοῦ | Son | |||||
ανουP66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ds | — | — | — | — | ἀνθρώπου | <the> | |||||
καιP66 | of Man, | ἀνθρώπου, | of Man, | ανθρωπου | | | filius | Filius | of Man, | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man, | καὶ | of Man, | |||||
οP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | hominis | hominis | and | — | — | ὁ | and | |||||
θσP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | θεὸς | <the> | |||||
εδοξασθηP66 | God | θεὸς | God | — | | | et | et | God | ܘܐܠܗܐ | God | ἐδοξάσθη | God | |||||
ενP66 | has been glorified | ἐδοξάσθη | has been glorified | εδοξασθη | | | glorificatus | Deus | has been glorified | ܐܫܬܒܚ | has been glorified | ἐν | has been glorified | |||||
αυτωP66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | illo | clarificatus | in | — | — | αὐτῷ | in | |||||
αὐτῷ,P66 | Him, | αὐτῷ, | Him, | αυτω | | | est | est | Him, | ܒܗ | Him, | αὐτῷ, | Him, | |||||
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