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 | ||||||||||||
ουP60 · P66 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | nunc | Non | Not | ܘܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | |||||
περιP60 · P66 | for | περὶ | for | περι | | | propter | pro | for | ܗܘܐ | for | περὶ | for | |||||
τουτωνP60 · P66 | these | τούτων | these | τουτων | | | istos | eis | these | ܥܠ | these | τούτων | these | |||||
δεP60 · P66 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ερωτωP60 · P66 | do I ask | ἐρωτῶ | do I ask | ερωτω | | | rogo | rogo | do I ask | ܗܠܝܢ | do I ask | ἐρωτῶ | do I ask | |||||
μονονP60 · P66 | only | μόνον | only | μονον | | | solum | tantum | only | ܒܥܐ | only | μόνον | only | |||||
αλλαP60 · P66 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
καιP60 · P66 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܒܠܚܘܕ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
περιP60 · P66 | for | περὶ | for | περι | | | pro | pro | for | ܐܠܐ | for | περὶ | for | |||||
τωνP60 · P66 | those | τῶν | those | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | those | |||||
πιστευοντωνP60 · P66 | are believing | πιστευόντων | are believing | πιστευοντων | | | qui | qui | are believing | ܐܦ | are believing | πιστευόντων | are believing | |||||
διαP60 · P66 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | credituri | credituri | through | ܥܠ | through | διὰ | through | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
λογουP60 · P66 | word | λόγου | word | λογου | | | per | per | word | ܐܦܝ | word | λόγου | word | |||||
αυτωνP60 · P66 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | uerbum | verbum | of them | ܐܝܠܝܢ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||
εισP60 · P66 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | eorum | eorum | in | ܕܡܗܝܡܢܝܢ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
εμεP60 · P66 | Me myself; | ἐμέ· | Me myself; | εμε | | | in | in | Me myself; | ܒܝ | Me myself; | ἐμέ | Me myself; | |||||
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