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 | ||||||||||||
ταυταP66 | These things | Ταῦτα | These things | ταυτα | | | haec | Hæc | These things | ܗܠܝܢ | These things | Ταῦτα | These things | |||||
λελαληκαP66 | I have spoken | λελάληκα | I have spoken | λελαληκα | | | locutus | locutus | I have spoken | — | — | λελάληκα | I have spoken | |||||
υμεινP66 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | sum | sum | to you | ܡܠܠܬ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
ιναP66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | uobis | vobis | that | ܥܡܟܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
ηP66 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
χαραP66 | joy | χαρὰ | joy | χαρα | | | ut | ut | joy | — | — | χαρὰ | joy | |||||
ηP66 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
εμηP66 | of Mine | ἐμὴ | of Mine | εμη | | | gaudium | gaudium | of Mine | ܕܚܕܘܬܝ | of Mine | ἐμὴ | of Mine | |||||
ενP66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | meum | meum | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
υμεινP66 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | in | in | you | ܬܗܘܐ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
ηP66 | may be | ᾖ | may be | η | | | uobis | — | — | — | — | μείνῃ | may be | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | sit | sit | and | ܒܟܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηP66 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | inpleatur | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
χαραP66 | joy | χαρὰ | joy | χαρα | | | et | et | joy | ܘܬܫܬܡܠܐ | joy | χαρὰ | joy | |||||
υμωνP66 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | gaudium | gaudium | of you | — | — | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
πληρωθηP66 | may be full. | πληρωθῇ. | may be full. | πληρωθη | | | uestrum | vestrum | may be full. | ܚܕܘܬܟܘܢ | may be full. | πληρωθῇ | may be full. | |||||
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