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 | ||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܡܕܡ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
οP66 · P75 | which | ὅ | which | ο | | | quodcumque | — | — | — | — | ὅ | which | |||||
εαP66 · P75 | one | τι | one | τι | | | petieritis | quodcumque | ? | ܕܬܫܐܠܘܢ | one | τι | one | |||||
αιτησηταιP66 · P75 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | — | petieritis | ? | — | — | ἂν | maybe | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | you may ask | αἰτήσητε | you may ask | — | | | in | Patrem | father | ܒܫܡܝ | you may ask | αἰτήσητε | you may ask | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | nomine | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
ονοματιP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | name | ὀνόματί | name | ονοματι | | | meo | nomine | ? | ܐܥܒܕ | name | ὀνόματί | name | |||||
τουτοP66 · P75 | of Me, | μου, | of Me, | μου | | | — | meo | ? | — | — | μου | of Me, | |||||
ποιησωP66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | hoc | hoc | this | ܠܟܘܢ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | will I do, | ποιήσω, | will I do, | ποιησω | | | faciam | faciam | ? | — | — | ποιήσω | will I do, | |||||
δοξασθηP66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that/so that | ܕܢܫܬܒܚ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
οP66 · P75 | may be glorified | δοξασθῇ | may be glorified | δοξασθη | | | glorificetur | glorificetur | ? | — | — | δοξασθῇ | may be glorified | |||||
πατηρP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | father | ܐܒܐ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
υιωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
υἱῷ.P66 · P75 | Son. | υἱῷ. | Son. | ϋιω | | | filio | Filio | to the son | ܒܒܪܗ | Son. | υἱῷ | Son. | |||||
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