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 | ||||||||||||
εντοληνP66 | A commandment | Ἐντολὴν | A commandment | εντολην | | | mandatum | Mandatum | A commandment | ܦܘܩܕܢܐ | A commandment | Ἐντολὴν | A commandment | |||||
καινηνP66 | new | καινὴν | new | καινην | | | nouum | novum | new | ܚܕܬܐ | new | καινὴν | new | |||||
διδωμιP66 | I give | δίδωμι | I give | διδωμι | | | do | do | I give | ܝܗܒ | I give | δίδωμι | I give | |||||
υμινP66 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
ιναP66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
αγαπατεP66 | you may love | ἀγαπᾶτε | you may love | αγαπατε | | | diligatis | diligatis | you may love | ܕܗܘܝܬܘܢ | you may love | ἀγαπᾶτε | you may love | |||||
αλληλουσP66 | one another, | ἀλλήλους, | one another, | αλληλους | | | inuicem | invicem | one another, | ܡܚܒܝܢ | one another, | ἀλλήλους | one another, | |||||
καθωσP66 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | even as | ܚܕ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
εγωP66 | I have loved | ἠγάπησα | I have loved | ηγαπησα | | | dilexi | dilexi | I have loved | ܠܚܕ | I have loved | ἠγάπησα | I have loved | |||||
ηγαπησαP66 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܐܝܟܢܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
υμασP66 | so | ἵνα | so | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so | ܕܐܢܐ | so | ἵνα | so | |||||
ιναP66 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܚܒܬܟܘܢ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
καιP66 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܐܦ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
υμεισP66 | may love | ἀγαπᾶτε | may love | — | | | diligatis | diligatis | may love | ܐܢܬܘܢ | may love | ἀγαπᾶτε | may love | |||||
αλληλουσP66 | one another. | ἀλλήλους. | one another. | αλληλους | | | inuicem | invicem | one another. | ܬܚܒܘܢ | one another. | ἀλλήλους | one another. | |||||
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