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 | ||||||||||||
αμηνP66 · P75 | Amen | Ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | sin | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
αμηνP66 · P75 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | propter | amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
λεγωP66 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | opera | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμεινP66 · P75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | ipsa | vobis | to you; | ܐܢܐ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | credite | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
πειστευωνP66 · P75 | believing | πιστεύων | believing | πιστευων | | | amen | qui | believing | ܠܟܘܢ | believing | πιστεύων | believing | |||||
οP66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | amen | credit | in | ܕܡܢ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
πειστευωνP66 · P75 | Me myself, | ἐμέ, | Me myself, | εμε | | | dico | in | Me myself, | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | Me myself, | ἐμέ | Me myself, | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | uobis | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
εμεP66 · P75 | works | ἔργα | works | εργα | | | qui | me | works | ܒܝ | works | ἔργα | works | |||||
ταP66 · P75 | that | ἃ | that | α | | | credit | opera | that | ܥܒܕܐ | that | ἃ | that | |||||
εργαP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | in | quæ | I myself | ܐܝܠܝܢ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
αP66 · P75 | do | ποιῶ | do | ποιω | | | me | ego | do | ܕܐܢܐ | do | ποιῶ | do | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | also he | κἀκεῖνος | also he | κακεινος | | | opera | facio | also he | ܥܒܕ | also he | κἀκεῖνος | also he | |||||
ποιωP66 · P75 | will do | ποιήσει | will do | ποιησει | | | quae | et | will do | ܐܢܐ | will do | ποιήσει | will do | |||||
κακεινοσP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | ego | ipse | and | ܐܦ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ποιησιP66 · P75 | greater | μείζονα | greater | μειζονα | | | facio | faciet | greater | ܗܘ | greater | μείζονα | greater | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | than these | τούτων | than these | τουτων | | | et | et | than these | ܢܥܒܕ | than these | τούτων | than these | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | he will do, | ποιήσει, | he will do, | ποιησει | | | uel | majora | he will do, | ܘܕܝܬܝܪܝܢ | he will do, | ποιήσει | he will do, | |||||
μιζοναP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | faciet | horum | because | ܡܢ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
τουτωνP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | et | faciet | I myself | ܗܠܝܢ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
τουτωνP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | maiora | quia | to | ܢܥܒܕ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
ποιησειP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | horum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | faciet | ego | Father | ܕܐܢܐ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | of mine | μου | of mine | — | | | — | ad | of mine | ܠܘܬ | of mine | μου | of mine | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | am going. | πορεύομαι. | am going. | πορευομαι | | | ego | Patrem vado | am going. | ܐܒܐ | am going. | πορεύομαι | am going. | |||||
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