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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܡܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | — | cum | having come | ܕܐܬܐ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖνος | He | εκεινος | | | ueniens | venerit | He | ܗܘ | He | ἐκεῖνος | He | ||||||
| — | ἐλέγξει | will convict | ελεγξει | | | ille | ille | will convict | — | — | ἐλέγξει | will convict | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | arguet | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | κόσμον | world | κοσμον | | | mundum | mundum | world | ܢܟܤܝܘܗܝ | world | κόσμον | world | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܠܥܠܡܐ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | ἁμαρτίας | sin | αμαρτιας | | | peccato | peccato | sin | ܥܠ | sin | ἁμαρτίας | sin | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܚܛܝܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܘܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | δικαιοσύνης | righteousness | δικαιοσυνης | | | iustitia | justitia | righteousness | — | — | δικαιοσύνης | righteousness | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܘܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | κρίσεως. | judgment. | κρισεως | | | iudicio | judicio | judgment. | ܕܝܢܐ | judgment. | κρίσεως | judgment. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: John 16:10 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||