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 | ||||||||||||
αγιασονP66 | do sanctify | ἁγίασον | do sanctify | αγιασον | | | sanctifica | Sanctifica | do sanctify | ܐܒܐ | do sanctify | Ἁγίασον | do sanctify | |||||
αυτουσP66 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܩܕܫ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
ενP66 | by | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | in | by | ܐܢܘܢ | by | ἐν | by | |||||
τηP66 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | ueritas | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
αληθειαP66 | truth | ἀληθείᾳ | truth | αληθεια | | | ueritate | veritate | truth | ܒܫܪܪܟ | truth | ἀληθείᾳ | truth | |||||
οP66 | of you; | σου· | of you; | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | σου | of you; | |||||
λογοσP66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
οP66 | word | λόγος | word | λογος | | | — | Sermo | word | ܕܡܠܬܟ | word | λόγος | word | |||||
σοσP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
αληθειαP66 | of You | σὸς | of You | σος | | | tuum | tuus | of You | ܕܝܠܟ | of You | σὸς | of You | |||||
εστινP66 | truth | ἀλήθειά | truth | αληθεια | | | uerbum | veritas | truth | ܫܪܪܐ | truth | ἀλήθειά | truth | |||||
ἐστιν.P66 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܗܝ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
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