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 | ||||||||||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܥܠ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
υπερP60 · P66 | for | ὑπὲρ | for | ϋπερ | | | pro | pro | for | ܐܦܝܗܘܢ | for | ὑπὲρ | for | |||||
αυτωνP60 · P66 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | eis | eis | them | ܐܢܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
αγιαζωP60 · P66 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | — | — | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
εμαυτονP60 · P66 | sanctify | ἁγιάζω | sanctify | αγιαζω | | | sanctifico | sanctifico | sanctify | ܡܩܕܫ | sanctify | ἁγιάζω | sanctify | |||||
ιναP60 · P66 | Myself, | ἐμαυτόν, | Myself, | εμαυτον | | | me | meipsum | Myself, | ܐܢܐ | Myself, | ἐμαυτόν | Myself, | |||||
ωσινP60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܢܦܫܝ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
αυτοιP60 · P66 | may be | ὦσιν | may be | ωσιν | | | sint | sint | may be | ܕܢܗܘܘܢ | may be | καὶ | may be | |||||
ηγιασμενοιP60 · P66 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | αὐτοὶ | also | |||||
ενP60 · P66 | they themselves | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | αυτοι | | | ipsum | ipsi | they themselves | — | — | ὦσιν | they themselves | |||||
αληθειαP60 · P66 | sanctified | ἡγιασμένοι | sanctified | ηγιασμενοι | | | sanctificati | sanctificati | sanctified | ܗܢܘܢ | sanctified | ἡγιασμένοι | sanctified | |||||
ἐνP60 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܡܩܕܫܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ἀληθείᾳ.P60 · P66 | truth. | ἀληθείᾳ. | truth. | αληθεια | | | ueritate | veritate | truth. | ܒܫܪܪܐ | truth. | ἀληθείᾳ | truth. | |||||
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