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 | ||||||||||||
λημψεταιP5 · P66 | He | ἐκεῖνος | He | εκεινος | | | ille | Ille | He | ܘܗܘ | He | Ἐκεῖνος | He | |||||
καιP5 · P66 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | me | me | Me myself | — | — | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
αναγγελειP5 · P66 | will glorify, | δοξάσει, | will glorify, | δοξασει | | | glorificauit | clarificabit | will glorify, | ܢܫܒܚܢܝ | will glorify, | δοξάσει | will glorify, | |||||
υμεινP5 · P66 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | — | quia | for | ܡܛܠ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ἐκP5 · P66 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | — | — | ἐκ | from | |||||
τοῦP5 · P66 | that which is | τοῦ | that which is | του | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | that which is | |||||
ἐμοῦP5 · P66 | Mine | ἐμοῦ | Mine | εμου | | | meo | meo | Mine | ܕܡܢ | Mine | ἐμοῦ | Mine | |||||
λήμψεταιP5 · P66 | He will take | λήμψεται | He will take | λημψεται | | | accipiet | accipiet | He will take | ܕܝܠܝ | He will take | λήψεται | He will take | |||||
καὶP5 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἀναγγελεῖP5 · P66 | will disclose | ἀναγγελεῖ | will disclose | αναγγελει | | | adnuntiauit | annuntiabit | will disclose | ܢܤܒ | will disclose | ἀναγγελεῖ | will disclose | |||||
ὑμῖν.¶P5 · P66 | to you. | ὑμῖν.¶ | to you. | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you. | ܘܢܚܘܝܟܘܢ | to you. | ὑμῖν | to you. | |||||
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