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 | ||||||||||||
ιναP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ut | so that | ܕܟܠ | so that | ἵνα | so that | ||||||
πασP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | omnis | everyone | ܐܢܫ | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | ||||||
οP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | ||||||
πιστευωνP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | is believing | πιστεύων | is believing | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | credit | is believing | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | is believing | πιστεύων | is believing | ||||||
επP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | in | ܒܗ | in | εἰς | in | ||||||
αυτωP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ipsum | Him | ܠܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
εχηP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | non | not | ܢܐܒܕ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
ζωηνP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | may perish | ἀπόληται | may perish | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | pereat | may perish | ܐܠܐ | may perish | ἀπόληται | may perish | ||||||
αιωνιονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sed | but | ܢܗܘܘܢ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | ||||||
ἔχῃP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | may have | ἔχῃ | may have | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | habeat | may have | ܠܗ | may have | ἔχῃ | may have | ||||||
ζωὴνP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | life | ζωὴν | life | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vitam | life | ܚܝܐ | life | ζωὴν | life | ||||||
αἰώνιον.P36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | eternal. | αἰώνιον. | eternal. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | æternam | eternal. | ܕܠܥܠܡ | eternal. | αἰώνιον | eternal. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||