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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Dicit | says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | ||||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | ||||||
γεμισατεP66 · P75 | do fill | γεμίσατε | do fill | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Implete | ? | ܡܠܘ | do fill | Γεμίσατε | do fill | ||||||
τασP66 · P75 | the | τὰς | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
υδριασP66 · P75 | jars | ὑδρίας | jars | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | aqua | ? | ܐܢܝܢ | jars | ὑδρίας | jars | ||||||
υδατοσP66 · P75 | with water. | ὕδατος. | with water. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Et | and | ܡܝܐ | with water. | ὕδατος | with water. | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | impleverunt | ? | ܠܐܓܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
εγεμισανP66 · P75 | they filled | ἐγέμισαν | they filled | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eas | ? | ܘܡܠܘ | they filled | ἐγέμισαν | they filled | ||||||
αυτασP66 · P75 | them | αὐτὰς | them | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | usque | until/even | ܐܢܝܢ | them | αὐτὰς | them | ||||||
εωσP66 · P75 | up to | ἕως | up to | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ad | to | ܥܕܡܐ | up to | ἕως | up to | ||||||
ανωP66 · P75 | the brim. | ἄνω. | the brim. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | summum | ? | ܠܥܠ | the brim. | ἄνω | the brim. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||