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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | The one | Ὁ | The one | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
εχωνP66 · P75 | having | ἔχων | having | εχων | | | qui | Qui | having | ܡܢ | having | ἔχων | having | |||||
τασP66 · P75 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | ostendam | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
εντολασP66 · P75 | commandments | ἐντολάς | commandments | εντολας | | | habet | habet | commandments | ܕܐܝܬ | commandments | ἐντολάς | commandments | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | mandata | mandata | of Mine | ܠܘܬܗ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mea | mea | and | ܦܘܩܕܢܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τηρωνP66 · P75 | keeping | τηρῶν | keeping | τηρων | | | et | et | keeping | — | — | τηρῶν | keeping | |||||
αυτασP66 · P75 | them, | αὐτάς, | them, | αυτας | | | serbat | servat | them, | ܘܢܛܪ | them, | αὐτάς | them, | |||||
εκεινοσP66 · P75 | he | ἐκεῖνός | he | εκεινος | | | ea | ea | he | ܠܗܘܢ | he | ἐκεῖνός | he | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | ille | ille | is | ܗܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | illi | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
αγαπωνP66 · P75 | loving | ἀγαπῶν | loving | αγαπων | | | est | est | loving | ܗܘ | loving | ἀγαπῶν | loving | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me; | με· | Me; | με | | | qui | qui | Me; | ܡܚܒ | Me; | με | Me; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | me | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | diligit | diligit | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
αγαπωνP66 · P75 | loving | ἀγαπῶν | loving | αγαπων | | | me | me | loving | — | — | ἀγαπῶν | loving | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | qui | Qui | Me | ܗܘ | Me | με | Me | |||||
αγαπηθησεταιP66 · P75 | he will be loved | ἀγαπηθήσεται | he will be loved | αγαπηθησεται | | | autem | autem | he will be loved | ܕܝܢ | he will be loved | ἀγαπηθήσεται | he will be loved | |||||
υποP66 · P75 | by | ὑπὸ | by | ϋπο | | | diligit | diligit | by | ܕܪܚܡ | by | ὑπὸ | by | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | ipsum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πρσP66 · P75 | Father | πατρός | Father | πατρος | | | me | me | Father | ܠܝ | Father | πατρός | Father | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine; | μου· | of Mine; | μου | | | diligetur | diligetur | of Mine; | ܢܬܪܚܡ | of Mine; | μου | of Mine; | |||||
καγωP66 · P75 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | καγω | | | a | a | and I myself | ܡܢ | and I myself | καὶ | and I myself | |||||
αγαπησωP66 · P75 | will love | ἀγαπήσω | will love | αγαπησω | | | patre | Patre | will love | ܐܒܝ | will love | ἐγὼ | will love | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | meo | meo | him | — | — | ἀγαπήσω | him | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܢܐ | and | αὐτόν | and | |||||
εμφανισωP66 · P75 | I will show | ἐμφανίσω | I will show | — | | | ego | ego | I will show | ܐܪܚܡܝܘܗܝ | I will show | καὶ | I will show | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | diligam | diligam | to him | ܘܐܚܘܝܘܗܝ | to him | ἐμφανίσω | to him | |||||
εμαυτονP66 · P75 | Myself. | ἐμαυτόν.¶ | Myself. | εμαυτον | | | eum | eum | Myself. | ܢܦܫܝ | Myself. | αὐτῷ | Myself. | |||||
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