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 | ||||||||||||
εμνησθησανP66 · P75 | Remembered | ἐμνήσθησαν | Remembered | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Recordati | Remembered | ܘܐܬܕܟܪܘ | Remembered | Ἐμνήσθησαν | Remembered | ||||||
οιP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sunt | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
μαθηταιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vero | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
οτιP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | discipuli | of Him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
γεγραμμενονP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | that | ܕܟܬܝܒ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
εστινP66 · P75 | written | γεγραμμένον | written | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quia | written | — | — | γεγραμμένον | written | ||||||
οτιP66 · P75 | it is: | ἐστίν· | it is: | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | scriptum | it is: | — | — | ἐστίν | it is: | ||||||
οP66 · P75 | The | ὁ | The | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | ||||||
ζηλοσP66 · P75 | zeal | ζῆλος | zeal | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | zeal | ܕܛܢܢܗ | zeal | ζῆλος | zeal | ||||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
οικουP66 · P75 | house | οἴκου | house | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Zelus | house | — | — | οἴκου | house | ||||||
σουP66 · P75 | of You | σου | of You | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | domus | of You | ܕܒܝܬܟ | of You | σου | of You | ||||||
καταφαγετεP66 · P75 | will consume | καταφάγεταί | will consume | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tuæ | will consume | — | — | καταφάγεταί | will consume | ||||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me. | με. | Me. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | comedit | Me. | ܐܟܠܢܝ | Me. | με | Me. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||