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 | ||||||||||||
καγωP66 · P75 | And I myself | κἀγὼ | And I myself | καγω | | | et | et | And I myself | ܘܐܢܐ | And I myself | Καὶ | And I myself | |||||
ερωτησωP66 · P75 | will ask | ἐρωτήσω | will ask | ερωτησω | | | ego | ego | will ask | ܐܒܥܐ | will ask | ἐγὼ | will ask | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | dauit | — | — | — | — | ἐρωτήσω | the | |||||
πατεραP66 · P75 | Father, | πατέρα, | Father, | πατερα | | | rogauo | rogabo | Father, | — | — | τὸν | Father, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | patrem | Patrem | and | ܡܢ | and | πατέρα | and | |||||
αλλονP66 · P75 | another | ἄλλον | another | αλλον | | | et | et | another | ܐܒܝ | another | καὶ | another | |||||
παρακλητονP66 · P75 | Helper | παράκλητον | Helper | παρακλητον | | | alium | alium | Helper | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | Helper | ἄλλον | Helper | |||||
δωσειP66 · P75 | He will give | δώσει | He will give | δωσει | | | paracletum | Paraclitum | He will give | — | — | παράκλητον | He will give | |||||
υμεινP66 · P75 | you, | ὑμῖν, | you, | ϋμειν | | | — | dabit | you, | ܦܪܩܠܛܐ | you, | δώσει | you, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | uobis | vobis | that | ܢܬܠ | that | ὑμῖν | that | |||||
μενηP66 · P75 | with | μεθ᾽ | with | — | | | ut | ut | with | ܠܟܘܢ | with | ἵνα | with | |||||
μεθP66 · P75 | you | ὑμῶν | you | — | | | maneat | maneat | you | ܕܢܗܘܐ | you | μένῃ | you | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | uobiscum | vobiscum | to | — | — | μεθ’ | to | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὑμῶν | the | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | age | αἰῶνα | age | αιωνα | | | in | in | age | ܥܡܟܘܢ | age | εἰς | age | |||||
αιωναP66 · P75 | He may be | ᾖ, | He may be | — | | | aeternum | æternum | He may be | ܠܥܠܡ | He may be | τὸν | He may be | |||||
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