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 | ||||||||||||
πιστευεταιP66 · P75 | do believe | πιστεύετέ | do believe | πιστευετε | | | mihi | Credite | do believe | ܗܝܡܢܘ | do believe | Πιστεύετέ | do believe | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | Me | μοι | Me | μοι | | | — | mihi | Me | — | — | μοι | Me | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | credis | quia | that | ܕܐܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself am | ἐγὼ | I myself am | — | | | — | ego | I myself am | — | — | ἐγὼ | I myself am | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | — | in | in | ܒܐܒܝ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
πριP66 · P75 | Father | πατρὶ | Father | — | | | ego | Patre | Father | — | — | πατρί | Father | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܘܐܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | in | Pater | Father | — | — | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | in | in | ܒܝ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
εμοιP66 · P75 | Me myself; | ἐμοί· | Me myself; | εμοι | | | patre | me | Me myself; | ܘܐܠܐ | Me myself; | ἐμοί | Me myself; | |||||
ειP66 · P75 | lest | εἰ | lest | ει | | | et | est | lest | — | — | εἰ | lest | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | — | si | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | except, | μή, | except, | μη | | | pater | autem | except, | — | — | μή | except, | |||||
διαP66 · P75 | because of | διὰ | because of | δια | | | — | non | because of | ܡܛܠ | because of | διὰ | because of | |||||
ταP66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
εργαP66 · P75 | works | ἔργα | works | εργα | | | in | propter | works | — | — | ἔργα | works | |||||
αυταP66 · P75 | themselves | αὐτὰ | themselves | αυτα | | | me | opera | themselves | ܥܒܕܐ | themselves | αὐτὰ | themselves | |||||
πιστευεταιP66 · P75 | do believe | πιστεύετε | do believe | πιστευετε | | | — | ipsa | do believe | — | — | πιστεύετέ | do believe | |||||
μοι.¶P66 · P75 | to me. | μοι.¶ | to me. | — | | | quoniam | credite | to me. | ܗܝܡܢܘ | to me. | μοι | to me. | |||||
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