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 | ||||||||||||
ενP66 · P75 | In | ἐν | In | εν | | | in | In | In | ܒܗܕܐ | In | Ἐν | In | |||||
τουτωP66 · P75 | this | τούτῳ | this | τουτω | | | hoc | hoc | this | — | — | τούτῳ | this | |||||
εδοξασθηP66 · P75 | is glorified | ἐδοξάσθη | is glorified | εδοξασθη | | | glorificatus | clarificatus | is glorified | ܡܫܬܒܚ | is glorified | ἐδοξάσθη | is glorified | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | Father | πατήρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܐܒܐ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine, | μου, | of Mine, | μου | | | meus | meus | of Mine, | — | — | μου | of Mine, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܦܐܪܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
καρπονP66 · P75 | fruit | καρπὸν | fruit | — | | | fructum | fructum | fruit | — | — | καρπὸν | fruit | |||||
πλιοναP66 · P75 | much | πολὺν | much | πολυν | | | multum | plurimum | much | ܤܓܝܐܐ | much | πολὺν | much | |||||
φερηταιP66 · P75 | you may bear | φέρητε | you may bear | φερητε | | | adferatis | afferatis | you may bear | — | — | φέρητε | you may bear | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܬܝܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
γενησθαιP66 · P75 | you may become | γένησθε | you may become | — | | | sitis | efficiamini | you may become | ܘܬܗܘܘܢ | you may become | γενήσεσθε | you may become | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | to Me | ἐμοὶ | to Me | — | | | mei | mei | to Me | — | — | ἐμοὶ | to Me | |||||
μαθηταιP66 · P75 | disciples. | μαθηταί. | disciples. | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples. | ܬܠܡܝܕܝ | disciples. | μαθηταί | disciples. | |||||
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