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 | ||||||||||||
καθωσP107 · P60 · P66 | Even as | καθὼς | Even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | Even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Even as | καθὼς | Even as | |||||
εδωκασP107 · P60 · P66 | You gave | ἔδωκας | You gave | εδωκας | | | dedisti | dedisti | You gave | ܕܝܗܒܬ | You gave | ἔδωκας | You gave | |||||
αυτωP107 · P60 · P66 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
εξουσιανP107 · P60 · P66 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | potestatem | potestatem | authority | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
πασησP107 · P60 · P66 | over all | πάσης | over all | πασης | | | omnis | omnis | over all | ܥܠ | over all | πάσης | over all | |||||
σαρκοσP107 · P60 · P66 | flesh, | σαρκός, | flesh, | σαρκος | | | carnis | carnis | flesh, | ܟܠ | flesh, | σαρκός | flesh, | |||||
ιναP107 · P60 · P66 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | ܒܤܪ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
πανP107 · P60 · P66 | all | πᾶν | all | παν | | | omne | omne | all | ܕܟܠ | all | πᾶν | all | |||||
οP107 · P60 · P66 | whom | ὃ | whom | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | whom | |||||
δεδωκασP107 · P60 · P66 | You have given | δέδωκας | You have given | δεδωκας | | | dedisti | dedisti | You have given | ܕܝܗܒܬ | You have given | δέδωκας | You have given | |||||
αυτωP107 · P60 · P66 | to Him, | αὐτῷ, | to Him, | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him, | ܠܗ | to Him, | αὐτῷ | to Him, | |||||
δωσP107 · P60 · P66 | He may give | δώσῃ | He may give | — | | | habeat | det | He may give | ܢܬܠ | He may give | δώσει | He may give | |||||
αυτωP107 · P60 · P66 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | — | eis | to them | ܠܗ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ζωηνP107 · P60 · P66 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | ܚܝܐ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
αἰώνιον.P107 · P60 · P66 | eternal. | αἰώνιον. | eternal. | αιωνιον | | | aeternam | æternam | eternal. | ܕܠܥܠܡ | eternal. | αἰώνιον | eternal. | |||||
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