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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | odit | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
εμεP66 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | qui | Qui | who/which | ܡܢ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
μισωνP66 | hating | μισῶν | hating | μεισων | | | me | me | me | ܕܠܝ | hating | μισῶν | hating | |||||
καιP66 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | odit | odit | ? | ܤܢܐ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
τονP66 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP66 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | et | Patrem | father | ܘܐܦ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
μουP66 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | patrem | meum | my | ܠܐܒܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
μισειP66 | hates. | μισεῖ. | hates. | μεισει | | | meum | odit | ? | ܤܢܐ | hates. | μισεῖ | hates. | |||||
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