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 | ܘܗܫܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
νυνP60 · P66 | now | νῦν | now | νυν | | | nunc | nunc | ? | ܫܒܚܝܢܝ | now | νῦν | now | |||||
δοξασονP60 · P66 | do glorify | δόξασόν | do glorify | δοξασον | | | honorifica | clarifica | ? | ܐܢܬ | do glorify | δόξασόν | do glorify | |||||
μεP60 · P66 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | me | ܐܒܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
συP60 · P66 | You yourself, | σύ, | You yourself, | συ | | | tu | tu | you | ܠܘܬܟ | You yourself, | σύ | You yourself, | |||||
περP60 · P66 | Father, | πάτερ, | Father, | — | | | pater | Pater | father | ܒܗܘ | Father, | πάτερ | Father, | |||||
παραP60 · P66 | with | παρὰ | with | παρα | | | aput | apud | ? | ܫܘܒܚܐ | with | παρὰ | with | |||||
σεαυτωP60 · P66 | Yourself | σεαυτῷ | Yourself | σεαυτω | | | te | temetipsum | ? | — | — | σεαυτῷ | Yourself | |||||
τηP60 · P66 | with the | τῇ | with the | τη | | | — | claritate | ? | — | — | τῇ | with the | |||||
δοξηP60 · P66 | glory | δόξῃ | glory | δοξη | | | ad | quam | ? | ܕܐܝܬ | glory | δόξῃ | glory | |||||
ηP60 · P66 | that | ᾗ | that | η | | | quam | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | that | |||||
ειχονP60 · P66 | I had | εἶχον | I had | ειχον | | | habebam | habui | ? | ܠܝ | I had | εἶχον | I had | |||||
παραP60 · P66 | before | πρὸ | before | — | | | — | priusquam | ? | ܠܘܬܟ | before | πρὸ | before | |||||
σοιP60 · P66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | gloria | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
προP60 · P66 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | antequam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
τουP60 · P66 | world | κόσμον | world | — | | | mundus | mundus | ? | ܡܢ | world | κόσμον | world | |||||
τονP60 · P66 | existing | εἶναι | existing | — | | | — | esset | ? | ܩܕܡ | existing | εἶναι | existing | |||||
κοσμονP60 · P66 | with | παρὰ | with | παρα | | | fieret | apud | ? | ܕܢܗܘܐ | with | παρὰ | with | |||||
ειναιP60 · P66 | You. | σοί.¶ | You. | σοι | | | teipsum | te | you | ܥܠܡܐ | You. | σοί | You. | |||||
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