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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP60 · P66 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
δεδωκαP60 · P66 | have given | δέδωκα | have given | — | | | dedi | dedi | have given | ܝܗܒܬ | have given | δέδωκα | have given | |||||
αυτοισP60 · P66 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | eis | eis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
τονP60 · P66 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | de | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
λογονP60 · P66 | word | λόγον | word | λογον | | | autem | sermonem | word | — | — | λόγον | word | |||||
σουP60 · P66 | of You, | σου, | of You, | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of You, | ܡܠܬܟ | of You, | σου | of You, | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܥܠܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP60 · P66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | mundo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κοσμοσP60 · P66 | world | κόσμος | world | κοσμος | | | mundus | mundus | world | ܤܢܐ | world | κόσμος | world | |||||
εμισησενP60 · P66 | hated | ἐμίσησεν | hated | — | | | eos | eos | hated | ܐܢܘܢ | hated | ἐμίσησεν | hated | |||||
αυτουσP60 · P66 | them, | αὐτούς, | them, | αυτους | | | odit | odio | them, | ܕܠܐ | them, | αὐτούς | them, | |||||
οτιP60 · P66 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | — | habuit | because | — | — | ὅτι | because | |||||
ουκP60 · P66 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | — | quia | not | ܗܘܘ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εισινP60 · P66 | they are | εἰσὶν | they are | εισιν | | | non | non | they are | ܡܢ | they are | εἰσὶν | they are | |||||
εκP60 · P66 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | — | sunt | of | ܥܠܡܐ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | uerbum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
κοσμουP60 · P66 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | — | de | world | ܐܝܟܢܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
καθωσP60 · P66 | even as | καθὼς | even as | — | | | — | mundo | even as | ܕܐܢܐ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
εγωP60 · P66 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | — | | | quoniam | sicut | I myself | ܠܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
εκP60 · P66 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | — | et | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | am | εἰμὶ | am | — | | | — | ego | am | ܗܘܝܬ | am | εἰμὶ | am | |||||
κοσμουP60 · P66 | of | ἐκ | of | — | | | — | non | of | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
ουκP60 · P66 | the | τοῦ | the | — | | | hoc | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
ειμιP60 · P66 | world. | κόσμου. | world. | — | | | sum | sum | world. | ܥܠܡܐ | world. | κόσμου | world. | |||||
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