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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | am | εἰμι | am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
αμπελοσP66 · P75 | vine | ἄμπελος | vine | αμπελος | | | uites | vitis | vine | — | — | ἄμπελος | vine | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
αληθινηP66 · P75 | true, | ἀληθινή, | true, | αληθινη | | | uera | vera | true, | ܓܦܬܐ | true, | ἀληθινή | true, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܫܪܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | Father | πατήρ | Father | — | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܘܐܒܝ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meus | meus | of Mine | — | — | μου | of Mine | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
γεωργοσP66 · P75 | vinedresser | γεωργός | vinedresser | γεωργος | | | agricula | agricola | vinedresser | ܗܘ | vinedresser | γεωργός | vinedresser | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܦܠܚܐ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
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