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 | When | Ὡς | When | ως | | | quomodo | Ut | When | ܟܕ | When | Ὡς | When | |||||
ουνP66 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܕܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
απεβησανP66 | they got out | ἀπέβησαν | they got out | απεβησαν | | | exierunt | descenderunt | they got out | ܤܠܩܘ | they got out | ἀπέβησαν | they got out | |||||
εισP66 | onto | εἰς | onto | εις | | | — | in | onto | ܠܐܪܥܐ | onto | εἰς | onto | |||||
τηνP66 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | a | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
γηνP66 | land, | γῆν, | land, | γην | | | terram | terram | land, | ܚܙܘ | land, | γῆν | land, | |||||
βλεπουσινP66 | they see | βλέπουσιν | they see | βλεπουσιν | | | uident | viderunt | they see | ܓܘܡܪܐ | they see | βλέπουσιν | they see | |||||
ανθρακιανP66 | a fire of coals | ἀνθρακιὰν | a fire of coals | ανθρακειαν | | | carbones | prunas | a fire of coals | ܟܕ | a fire of coals | ἀνθρακιὰν | a fire of coals | |||||
κειμενηνP66 | lying | κειμένην | lying | κειμενην | | | positos | positas | lying | ܤܝܡܢ | lying | κειμένην | lying | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܢܘܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ὀψάριονP66 | fish | ὀψάριον | fish | οψαριον | | | piscem | piscem | fish | ܟܕ | fish | ὀψάριον | fish | |||||
ἐπικείμενονP66 | lying on it | ἐπικείμενον | lying on it | επικειμενον | | | impositum | superpositum | lying on it | ܤܝܡ | lying on it | ἐπικείμενον | lying on it | |||||
καὶP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܠܝܗܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἄρτον.P66 | bread. | ἄρτον. | bread. | αρτον | | | panem | panem | bread. | ܘܠܚܡܐ | bread. | ἄρτον | bread. | |||||
| Next Fragment: John 21:11 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||