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 | ||||||||||||
μειζοναP66 | Greater | μείζονα | Greater | μειζονα | | | maiorem | Majorem | Greater | ܚܘܒܐ | Greater | Μείζονα | Greater | |||||
ταυτησP66 | than this | ταύτης | than this | ταυτης | | | huius | hac | than this | ܕܪܒ | than this | ταύτης | than this | |||||
αγαπηνP66 | love | ἀγάπην | love | αγαπην | | | dilectionem | dilectionem | love | — | — | ἀγάπην | love | |||||
ουδεισP66 | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | no one | ܡܢ | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | |||||
εχειP66 | has | ἔχει | has | εχει | | | habet | habet | has | ܗܢܐ | has | ἔχει | has | |||||
ιναP66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܠܝܬ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
τηνP66 | one | τις | one | — | | | animam | animam | one | — | — | τις | one | |||||
ψυχηνP66 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τηνP66 | life | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | suam | suam | life | ܕܐܢܫ | life | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
εαυτουP66 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | ponat | ponat | of him | ܢܦܫܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
θηP66 | may lay down | θῇ | may lay down | θη | | | — | quis | may lay down | ܢܤܝܡ | may lay down | θῇ | may lay down | |||||
υπερP66 | for | ὑπὲρ | for | ϋπερ | | | pro | pro | for | — | — | ὑπὲρ | for | |||||
τωνP66 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
φιλωνP66 | friends | φίλων | friends | φιλων | | | amicis | amicis | friends | ܚܠܦ | friends | φίλων | friends | |||||
αυτουP66 | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | suis | suis | of him. | ܪܚܡܘܗܝ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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