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 | ||||||||||||
ωσP66 · P75 | When | Ὡς | When | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Cum | When | ܟܕ | When | Ὡς | When | ||||||
δεP66 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
ηνP66 · P75 | He was | ἦν | He was | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | esset | He was | — | — | ἦν | He was | ||||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Jerosolymis | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
τοισP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῖς | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | ||||||
ιεροσολυμοισP66 · P75 | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμοις | Jerusalem | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | Jerusalem | ܕܝܢ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμοις | Jerusalem | ||||||
εP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Pascha | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
πασχαP66 · P75 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | Passover | ܝܫܘܥ | Passover | Πάσχα | Passover | ||||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | die | in | ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
εορτηP66 · P75 | Feast, | ἑορτῇ, | Feast, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | festo | Feast, | ܒܦܨܚܐ | Feast, | ἑορτῇ | Feast, | ||||||
πολλοιP66 · P75 | many | πολλοὶ | many | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | multi | many | — | — | πολλοὶ | many | ||||||
επιστευσανP66 · P75 | believed | ἐπίστευσαν | believed | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | crediderunt | believed | ܒܥܕܥܕܐ | believed | ἐπίστευσαν | believed | ||||||
εισP66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | in | ܤܓܝܐܐ | in | εἰς | in | ||||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
ονομαP66 · P75 | name | ὄνομα | name | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | nomine | name | ܗܝܡܢܘ | name | ὄνομα | name | ||||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | of Him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
θεωρουντεσP66 · P75 | beholding | θεωροῦντες | beholding | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | videntes | beholding | ܒܗ | beholding | θεωροῦντες | beholding | ||||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | signa | of Him | ܕܚܙܘ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
ταP66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
σημιαP66 · P75 | signs | σημεῖα | signs | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | signs | — | — | σημεῖα | signs | ||||||
αP66 · P75 | that | ἃ | that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quæ | that | ܐܬܘܬܐ | that | ἃ | that | ||||||
εποιειP66 · P75 | He was doing. | ἐποίει. | He was doing. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | faciebat | He was doing. | ܕܥܒܕ | He was doing. | ἐποίει | He was doing. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||