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 | ||||||||||||
ειP66 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܘܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
οP66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | mundus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κοσμοσP66 | world | κόσμος | world | κοσμος | | | uos | vos | world | ܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμος | world | |||||
υμασP66 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | odit | odit | you | — | — | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
εμισειP66 | hates, | μισεῖ, | hates, | μισει | | | scitote | scitote | hates, | ܤܢܐ | hates, | μισεῖ | hates, | |||||
γινωσκετεP66 | you know | γινώσκετε | you know | γεινωσκετε | | | quia | quia | you know | ܠܟܘܢ | you know | γινώσκετε | you know | |||||
οτιP66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | me | me | that | ܕܥܘ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εμεP66 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | primum | priorem | Me myself | ܕܩܕܡܝܟܘܢ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
πρωτονP66 | before | πρῶτον | before | πρωτον | | | — | vobis | before | — | — | πρῶτον | before | |||||
υμωνP66 | you | ὑμῶν | you | — | | | odiuit | odio | you | ܠܝ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
μεμεισηκενP66 | it has hated. | μεμίσηκεν. | it has hated. | μεμεισηκεν | | | — | habuit | it has hated. | ܤܢܐ | it has hated. | μεμίσηκεν | it has hated. | |||||
| Next Verse Available | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||