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 | ||||||||||||
ουκP60 · P66 | Not | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | |||||
ερωτωP60 · P66 | I do ask | ἐρωτῶ | I do ask | ερωτω | | | rogo | rogo | I do ask | ܗܘܐ | I do ask | ἐρωτῶ | I do ask | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܬܫܩܘܠ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
αρησP60 · P66 | You may take | ἄρῃς | You may take | αρης | | | tollas | tollas | You may take | ܐܢܘܢ | You may take | ἄρῃς | You may take | |||||
αυτουσP60 · P66 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܡܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
εκP60 · P66 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܥܠܡܐ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | de | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
κοσμουP60 · P66 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | mundo | mundo | world | ܒܥܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
αλλP60 · P66 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | αλλ | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܢܐ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܐܠܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
τηρησησP60 · P66 | You may keep | τηρήσῃς | You may keep | τηρησης | | | serues | serves | You may keep | ܕܬܛܪ | You may keep | τηρήσῃς | You may keep | |||||
αυτουσP60 · P66 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
εκP60 · P66 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | — | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
πονηρουP60 · P66 | evil. | πονηροῦ. | evil. | πονηρου | | | iniquo | malo | evil. | ܒܝܫܐ | evil. | πονηροῦ | evil. | |||||
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