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 | ||||||||||||
ουP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | Not | οὐ | Not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | ||||||
γαρP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
απεστιλενP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | sent | ἀπέστειλεν | sent | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | misit | sent | — | — | ἀπέστειλεν | sent | ||||||
οP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
θσP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | God | θεὸς | God | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Deus | God | ܫܕܪ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
τονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
υνP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Filium | Son | ܐܠܗܐ | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ||||||
εισP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | suum | of Him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
τονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | into | ܠܒܪܗ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
κοσμονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
αλλP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | world | κόσμον | world | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | mundum | world | ܠܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμον | world | ||||||
ιναP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | ||||||
κρινηP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | He may judge | κρίνῃ | He may judge | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | judicet | He may judge | ܕܢܕܘܢܝܘܗܝ | He may judge | κρίνῃ | He may judge | ||||||
τονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
κοσμονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | world, | κόσμον, | world, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | mundum | world, | ܠܥܠܡܐ | world, | κόσμον | world, | ||||||
ιναP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sed | but | — | — | ἀλλ’ | but | ||||||
σωθηP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ut | that | ܐܠܐ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
οP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | may be saved | σωθῇ | may be saved | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | salvetur | may be saved | ܕܢܚܐ | may be saved | σωθῇ | may be saved | ||||||
κοσμοσP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
διP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | world | κόσμος | world | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | mundus | world | — | — | κόσμος | world | ||||||
αυτουP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | through | δι᾽ | through | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | per | through | ܠܥܠܡܐ | through | δι’ | through | ||||||
αὐτοῦ.P36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | Him. | αὐτοῦ. | Him. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ipsum | Him. | ܒܐܝܕܗ | Him. | αὐτοῦ | Him. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||