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 | ||||||||||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | Sicut | even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | even as | Καθὼς | even as | |||||
ηγαπησενP66 · P75 | has loved | ἠγάπησέν | has loved | ηγαπησεν | | | dilexit | dilexit | has loved | ܕܐܚܒܢܝ | has loved | ἠγάπησέν | has loved | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | — | — | με | Me | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | mea | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | Father, | πατήρ, | Father, | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father, | ܐܒܝ | Father, | πατήρ | Father, | |||||
καγωP66 · P75 | I myself also | κἀγὼ | I myself also | καγω | | | et | et | I myself also | ܐܦ | I myself also | κἀγὼ | I myself also | |||||
ηγαπησαP66 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | ego | ego | you | ܐܢܐ | you | ἠγάπησα | you | |||||
υμασP66 · P75 | loved; | ἠγάπησα· | loved; | ηγαπησα | | | dilexi | dilexi | loved; | ܐܚܒܬܟܘܢ | loved; | ὑμᾶς | loved; | |||||
μειναταιP66 · P75 | do abide | μείνατε | do abide | μεινατε | | | uos | vos | do abide | — | — | μείνατε | do abide | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | manete | Manete | in | ܩܘܘ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | caritate | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
αγαπηP66 · P75 | love | ἀγάπῃ | love | αγαπη | | | in | in | love | ܒܪܚܡܬܝ | love | ἀγάπῃ | love | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
εμηP66 · P75 | of Mine. | ἐμῇ. | of Mine. | εμη | | | — | dilectione | of Mine. | ܕܝܠܝ | of Mine. | ἐμῇ | of Mine. | |||||
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