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 | ||||||||||||
οP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | ||||||
πιστευωνP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | believing | πιστεύων | believing | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Qui | believing | ܡܢ | believing | πιστεύων | believing | ||||||
εισP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | on | εἰς | on | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | credit | on | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | on | εἰς | on | ||||||
αυτονP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | Him | ܒܗ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
ουP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eum | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
κρινεταιP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | is judged; | κρίνεται· | is judged; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | non | is judged; | ܡܬܬܕܝܢ | is judged; | κρίνεται | is judged; | ||||||
οP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
δεP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | but | δὲ | but | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | judicatur | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | but | ||||||
μηP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | qui | not | ܕܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
πιστευωνP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | believing | πιστεύων | believing | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | believing | ܡܗܝܡܢ | believing | πιστεύων | believing | ||||||
ηδηP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | already | ἤδη | already | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | non | already | ܡܢ | already | ἤδη | already | ||||||
κεκριταιP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | has been judged | κέκριται | has been judged | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | credit | has been judged | ܟܕܘ | has been judged | κέκριται | has been judged | ||||||
οτιP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | jam | because | ܕܝܢ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
μηP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | judicatus | not | ܗܘ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
πεπιστευκενP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | he has believed | πεπίστευκεν | he has believed | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | he has believed | ܕܠܐ | he has believed | πεπίστευκεν | he has believed | ||||||
εισP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quia | in | ܗܝܡܢ | in | εἰς | in | ||||||
τοP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
ονομαP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | name | ὄνομα | name | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | non | name | ܒܫܡܗ | name | ὄνομα | name | ||||||
τουP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
μονογενουσP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | only begotten | μονογενοῦς | only begotten | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | credit | only begotten | ܕܝܚܝܕܝܐ | only begotten | μονογενοῦς | only begotten | ||||||
υιουP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | Son | υἱοῦ | Son | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | Son | ܒܪܗ | Son | υἱοῦ | Son | ||||||
τουP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
θυP36 · P63 · P66 · P75 | of God. | θεοῦ. | of God. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | nomine | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ | of God. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||