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 | ||||||||||||
νυνP60 · P66 | Now | νῦν | Now | νυν | | | nunc | Nunc | Now | ܗܫܐ | Now | Νῦν | Now | |||||
δεP60 · P66 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
προσP60 · P66 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | — | — | πρός | to | |||||
σεP60 · P66 | You | σὲ | You | σε | | | te | te | You | ܠܘܬܟ | You | σε | You | |||||
ερχομαιP60 · P66 | I am coming | ἔρχομαι | I am coming | ερχομαι | | | uenio | venio | I am coming | ܐܬܐ | I am coming | ἔρχομαι | I am coming | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ταυταP60 · P66 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | — | — | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
λαλωP60 · P66 | I speak | λαλῶ | I speak | λαλω | | | loquor | loquor | I speak | ܘܗܠܝܢ | I speak | λαλῶ | I speak | |||||
ενP60 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܡܡܠܠ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP60 · P66 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | hoc | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
κοσμωP60 · P66 | world, | κόσμῳ, | world, | κοσμω | | | mundo | mundo | world, | ܐܢܐ | world, | κόσμῳ | world, | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | — | — | ἵνα | so that | |||||
εχωσινP60 · P66 | they may have | ἔχωσιν | they may have | εχωσιν | | | habeant | habeant | they may have | ܒܥܠܡܐ | they may have | ἔχωσιν | they may have | |||||
τηνP60 · P66 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
χαρανP60 · P66 | joy | χαρὰν | joy | χαραν | | | gaudium | gaudium | joy | ܕܬܗܘܐ | joy | χαρὰν | joy | |||||
τηνP60 · P66 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
εμηνP60 · P66 | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | εμην | | | meum | meum | of Mine | ܚܕܘܬܝ | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | |||||
πεπληρωμενηνP60 · P66 | fulfilled | πεπληρωμένην | fulfilled | πεπληρωμενην | | | temet | impletum | fulfilled | — | — | πεπληρωμένην | fulfilled | |||||
ενP60 · P66 | within | ἐν | within | εν | | | inpletum | in | within | ܡܫܡܠܝܐ | within | ἐν | within | |||||
αυτοισP60 · P66 | themselves. | ἑαυτοῖς. | themselves. | — | | | ipsis | semetipsis | themselves. | ܒܗܘܢ | themselves. | αὐτοῖς | themselves. | |||||
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