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 | ||||||||||||
ειρηνηνP66 · P75 | Peace | Εἰρήνην | Peace | ειρηνην | | | pacem | Pacem | Peace | ܫܠܡܐ | Peace | Εἰρήνην | Peace | |||||
αφιημιP66 · P75 | I leave | ἀφίημι | I leave | αφιημει | | | dismitto | relinquo | I leave | ܫܒܩ | I leave | ἀφίημι | I leave | |||||
υμεινP66 · P75 | with you, | ὑμῖν, | with you, | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | with you, | ܐܢܐ | with you, | ὑμῖν | with you, | |||||
ειρηνηνP66 · P75 | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | ειρηνην | | | pacem | pacem | peace | ܠܟܘܢ | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
εμηνP66 · P75 | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | εμην | | | meam | meam | of Mine | ܕܝܠܝ | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | |||||
διδωμιP66 · P75 | I give | δίδωμι | I give | διδωμι | | | do | do | I give | ܝܗܒ | I give | δίδωμι | I give | |||||
υμεινP66 · P75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܐܢܐ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܟܘܢ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | quomodo | even as | ܠܐ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κοσμοσP66 · P75 | world | κόσμος | world | κοσμος | | | mundus | mundus | world | ܐܝܟܢܐ | world | κόσμος | world | |||||
διδωσινP66 · P75 | gives, | δίδωσιν, | gives, | διδωσιν | | | dat | dat | gives, | ܕܝܗܒ | gives, | δίδωσιν | gives, | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܥܠܡܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
διδωμιP66 · P75 | give | δίδωμι | give | διδωμι | | | do | do | give | ܐܢܐ | give | δίδωμι | give | |||||
υμεινP66 · P75 | to you. | ὑμῖν. | to you. | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you. | ܝܗܒ | to you. | ὑμῖν | to you. | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | non | Non | Not | ܐܢܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
ταρασσεσθωP66 · P75 | should be troubled | ταρασσέσθω | should be troubled | ταρασσεσθω | | | conturbetur | turbetur | should be troubled | ܠܟܘܢ | should be troubled | ταρασσέσθω | should be troubled | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | cor | cor | of you | ܠܐ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
καρδιαP66 · P75 | heart | καρδία | heart | καρδια | | | uestrum | vestrum | heart | ܠܒܟܘܢ | heart | καρδία | heart | |||||
μηδὲP66 · P75 | nor | μηδὲ | nor | μηδε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | |||||
δειλιάτω.P66 · P75 | should it fear. | δειλιάτω. | should it fear. | δειλειατω | | | trepidetur | formidet | should it fear. | ܢܕܚܠ | should it fear. | δειλιάτω | should it fear. | |||||
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