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 | ||||||||||||
μεταP66 | After | Μετὰ | After | μετα | | | post | Postea | After | ܒܬܪ | After | Μετὰ | After | |||||
ταυταP66 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | manifestauit | manifestavit | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
εφανερωσενP66 | revealed | ἐφανέρωσεν | revealed | — | | | seipsum | se | revealed | ܚܘܝ | revealed | ἐφανέρωσεν | revealed | |||||
εαυτονP66 | Himself | ἑαυτὸν | Himself | — | | | iterum | iterum | Himself | ܬܘܒ | Himself | ἑαυτὸν | Himself | |||||
παλινP66 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | haec | Jesus | again | ܢܦܫܗ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
οP66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | discipulis | discipulis | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τοισP66 | to the | τοῖς | to the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
μαθηταισP66 | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | — | | | suis | — | — | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | |||||
επιP66 | at | ἐπὶ | at | — | | | — | ad | at | ܥܠ | at | ἐπὶ | at | |||||
τησP66 | the | τῆς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
θαλασσησP66 | sea | θαλάσσης | sea | — | | | mare | mare | sea | ܝܡܐ | sea | θαλάσσης | sea | |||||
τησP66 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | — | | | super | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
τιβεριαδοσP66 | of Tiberias; | Τιβεριάδος· | of Tiberias; | — | | | tiberiadis | Tiberiadis | of Tiberias; | ܕܛܝܒܪܝܘܤ | of Tiberias; | Τιβεριάδος | of Tiberias; | |||||
εφανερωσενP66 | He revealed Himself | ἐφανέρωσεν | He revealed Himself | εφανερωσεν | | | manifestauit | Manifestavit | He revealed Himself | ܚܘܝ | He revealed Himself | ἐφανέρωσεν | He revealed Himself | |||||
δεP66 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ουτωσP66 | in this way. | οὕτως. | in this way. | ουτως | | | sic | sic | in this way. | ܗܟܢܐ | in this way. | οὕτως | in this way. | |||||
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