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 | ||||||||||||
καιP59 · P66 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܘܕܥܬ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
εγνωρισαP59 · P66 | I made known | ἐγνώρισα | I made known | εγνωρισα | | | manifestaui | notum | I made known | ܐܢܘܢ | I made known | ἐγνώρισα | I made known | |||||
αυτοισP59 · P66 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | manifestabo | feci | to them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
τοP59 · P66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | eis | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ονομαP59 · P66 | name | ὄνομά | name | ονομα | | | nomen | nomen | name | ܫܡܟ | name | ὄνομά | name | |||||
σουP59 · P66 | of You | σου | of You | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of You | ܘܡܘܕܥ | of You | σου | of You | |||||
καιP59 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
γνωρισωP59 · P66 | will make it known, | γνωρίσω, | will make it known, | γνωρισω | | | — | notum | will make it known, | ܐܢܐ | will make it known, | γνωρίσω | will make it known, | |||||
ιναP59 · P66 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | caritas | faciam | so that | ܕܚܘܒܐ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
ηP59 · P66 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | ut | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
αγαπηP59 · P66 | love | ἀγάπη | love | αγαπη | | | eis | dilectio | love | — | — | ἀγάπη | love | |||||
ηνP59 · P66 | with which | ἣν | with which | — | | | quam | qua | with which | ܗܘ | with which | ἣν | with which | |||||
ηγαπησασP59 · P66 | You loved | ἠγάπησάς | You loved | — | | | dilexisti | dilexisti | You loved | ܕܐܚܒܬܢܝ | You loved | ἠγάπησάς | You loved | |||||
μεP59 · P66 | Me | με | Me | — | | | me | me | Me | ܢܗܘܐ | Me | με | Me | |||||
ενP59 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
αυτοισP59 · P66 | them | αὐτοῖς | them | — | | | illis | ipsis | them | ܒܗܘܢ | them | αὐτοῖς | them | |||||
ηνP59 · P66 | may be | ᾖ | may be | η | | | sit | — | — | — | — | ᾖ | may be | |||||
καγωP59 · P66 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | — | | | et | et | and I myself | — | — | κἀγὼ | and I myself | |||||
ενP59 · P66 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | ego | ego | in | ܐܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αυτοισP59 · P66 | them. | αὐτοῖς.¶ | them. | αυτοις | | | in | in | them. | ܒܗܘܢ | them. | αὐτοῖς | them. | |||||
| Next Fragment: John 18:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||