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 | ||||||||||||
ησανP66 · P75 | There were | ἦσαν | There were | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Erant | There were | ܐܝܬ | There were | Ἦσαν | There were | ||||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
εκειP66 · P75 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ibi | there | ܕܝܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
λιθιναιP66 · P75 | of stone | λίθιναι | of stone | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | lapideæ | of stone | ܬܡܢ | of stone | ὑδρίαι | of stone | ||||||
υδριαιP66 · P75 | water jars | ὑδρίαι | water jars | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | hydriæ | water jars | ܐܓܢܐ | water jars | λίθιναι | water jars | ||||||
εξP66 · P75 | six | ἓξ | six | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sex | six | ܕܟܐܦܐ | six | ἓξ | six | ||||||
καταP66 · P75 | according to | κατὰ | according to | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | positæ | according to | ܫܬ | according to | κείμεναι | according to | ||||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | κατὰ | the | ||||||
καθαρισμονP66 · P75 | purification | καθαρισμὸν | purification | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | secundum | purification | ܕܤܝܡܢ | purification | τὸν | purification | ||||||
τωνP66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | καθαρισμὸν | of the | ||||||
ιουδαιωνP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | purificationem | Jews | ܠܬܕܟܝܬܐ | Jews | τῶν | Jews | ||||||
κειμεναιP66 · P75 | standing, | κείμεναι, | standing, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Judæorum | standing, | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | standing, | Ἰουδαίων | standing, | ||||||
χωρουσαιP66 · P75 | having space | χωροῦσαι | having space | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | capientes | having space | ܕܐܚܕܢ | having space | χωροῦσαι | having space | ||||||
αναP66 · P75 | for | ἀνὰ | for | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | singulæ | for | ܬܪܝܢ | for | ἀνὰ | for | ||||||
μετρητασP66 · P75 | metretae | μετρητὰς | metretae | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | metretas | metretae | ܬܪܝܢ | metretae | μετρητὰς | metretae | ||||||
δυοP66 · P75 | two | δύο | two | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | binas | two | ܪܒܥܝܢ | two | δύο | two | ||||||
ηP66 · P75 | or | ἢ | or | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
τρισP66 · P75 | three. | τρεῖς. | three. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ternas | three. | ܬܠܬܐ | three. | τρεῖς | three. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||