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 | ||||||||||||
οτεP60 · P66 | When | ὅτε | When | — | | | cum | Cum | When | ܟܕ | When | Ὅτε | When | |||||
ημηνP60 · P66 | I was | ἤμην | I was | — | | | essem | essem | I was | ܥܡܗܘܢ | I was | ἤμην | I was | |||||
μετP60 · P66 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | cum | cum | with | — | — | μετ’ | with | |||||
αυτωP60 · P66 | them | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | custodiui | — | — | ܗܘܝܬ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
εγωP60 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | eis | eis | in | ܒܥܠܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ετηρουνP60 · P66 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
αυτουσP60 · P66 | world | κόσμῳ, | world | — | | | ego | ego | world | ܐܢܐ | world | κόσμῳ | world | |||||
ενP60 · P66 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | — | | | — | servabam | I myself | — | — | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
τωP60 · P66 | was keeping | ἐτήρουν | was keeping | — | | | eos | eos | was keeping | ܢܛܪ | was keeping | ἐτήρουν | was keeping | |||||
ονοματιP60 · P66 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | — | | | in | in | them | ܗܘܝܬ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
σουP60 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | nomine | nomine | in | ܠܗܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ωP60 · P66 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
δεδωκασP60 · P66 | name | ὀνόματί | name | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὀνόματί | name | |||||
μοιP60 · P66 | of You | σου | of You | — | | | tuo | tuo | of You | ܒܫܡܟ | of You | σου | of You | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | which name | ᾧ | which name | — | | | quos | Quos | which name | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | which name | οὓς | which name | |||||
εφυλαξαP60 · P66 | You have given | δέδωκάς | You have given | — | | | dedisti | dedisti | You have given | ܕܝܗܒܬ | You have given | δέδωκάς | You have given | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | to Me | μοι | to Me | — | | | mihi | mihi | to Me | — | — | μοι | to Me | |||||
ουδεισP60 · P66 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | custodiebam | custodivi | And | ܠܝ | And | ἐφύλαξα | And | |||||
εξP60 · P66 | I guarded them, | ἐφύλαξα, | I guarded them, | — | | | et | et | I guarded them, | ܢܛܪܬ | I guarded them, | καὶ | I guarded them, | |||||
αυτωνP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܐܢܫ | and | οὐδεὶς | and | |||||
απωλετοP60 · P66 | none | οὐδεὶς | none | — | | | nemo | nemo | none | — | — | ἐξ | none | |||||
ειP60 · P66 | of | ἐξ | of | — | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of | αὐτῶν | of | |||||
μηP60 · P66 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | eis | eis | them | ܠܐ | them | ἀπώλετο | them | |||||
οP60 · P66 | has perished | ἀπώλετο | has perished | — | | | periit | periit | has perished | ܐܒܕ | has perished | εἰ | has perished | |||||
υσP60 · P66 | only | εἰ | only | — | | | nisi | nisi | only | — | — | μὴ | only | |||||
τησP60 · P66 | except | μὴ | except | — | | | filius | filius | except | ܐܠܐ | except | ὁ | except | |||||
απωλειασP60 · P66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | υἱὸς | the | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | son | υἱὸς | son | — | | | — | — | — | ܒܪܗ | son | τῆς | son | |||||
ηP60 · P66 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀπωλείας | <the> | |||||
γραφηP60 · P66 | of destruction, | ἀπωλείας, | of destruction, | — | | | perditionis | perditionis | of destruction, | ܕܐܒܕܢܐ | of destruction, | ἵνα | of destruction, | |||||
πληρωθηP60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἡ | that | |||||
ἡP60 · P66 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | et | — | — | — | — | γραφὴ | the | |||||
γραφὴP60 · P66 | Scripture | γραφὴ | Scripture | γραφη | | | scriptura | Scriptura | Scripture | ܕܢܬܡܠܐ | Scripture | πληρωθῇ | Scripture | |||||
πληρωθῇ.P60 · P66 | may be fulfilled. | πληρωθῇ. | may be fulfilled. | πληρωθη | | | impleatur | impleatur | may be fulfilled. | ܟܬܒܐ | may be fulfilled. | πληρωθῇ. | may be fulfilled. | |||||
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