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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ουτοσP109 · P122 | This | οὗτός | This | — | | | hic | Hic | This | ܗܢܘ | This | Οὗτός | This | |||||
εστινP109 · P122 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP109 · P122 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
μαθητησP109 · P122 | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | μαθητης | | | discipus | discipulus | disciple | ܕܐܤܗܕ | disciple | μαθητὴς | disciple | |||||
οP109 · P122 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | testimonium | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
καιP109 · P122 | is bearing witness | μαρτυρῶν | is bearing witness | μαρτυρων | | | dat | ille | is bearing witness | ܥܠ | is bearing witness | μαρτυρῶν | is bearing witness | |||||
μαρτυρωνP109 · P122 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | qui | qui | concerning | — | — | περὶ | concerning | |||||
περιP109 · P122 | these things | τούτων | these things | τουτων | | | testimonium | testimonium | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | τούτων | these things | |||||
τουτωνP109 · P122 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | perhibet | and | ܟܠܗܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP109 · P122 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | eius | — | — | — | — | γράψας | the one | |||||
οP109 · P122 | having written | γράψας | having written | γραψας | | | de | de | having written | ܘܐܦ | having written | ταῦτα | having written | |||||
γραψασP109 · P122 | these things, | ταῦτα, | these things, | ταυτα | | | his | his | these things, | ܟܬܒ | these things, | καὶ | these things, | |||||
ταυταP109 · P122 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܝܢ | and | οἴδαμεν | and | |||||
καιP109 · P122 | we know | οἴδαμεν | we know | οιδαμεν | | | scripsit | scripsit | we know | ܘܝܕܥܝܢ | we know | ὅτι | we know | |||||
οιδαμενP109 · P122 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | haec | hæc | that | — | — | ἀληθής | that | |||||
οτιP109 · P122 | true | ἀληθὴς | true | αληθης | | | et | et | true | ܚܢܢ | true | ἐστιν | true | |||||
αληθησP109 · P122 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | scimus | scimus | of him | ܕܫܪܝܪܐ | of him | ἡ | of him | |||||
αυτουP109 · P122 | the | ἡ | the | — | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | μαρτυρία | the | |||||
ηP109 · P122 | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | — | | | qui | quia | testimony | ܗܝ | testimony | αὐτοῦ | testimony | |||||
μαρτυριαP109 · P122 | is. | ἐστίν.¶ | is. | εστιν | | | uerum | verum | is. | ܤܗܕܘܬܗ | is. | ἐστίν.¶ | is. | |||||
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