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 | ||||||||||||
εγενετοP66 · P75 | Arose | ἐγένετο | Arose | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Facta | Arose | ܗܘܬ | Arose | Ἐγένετο | Arose | ||||||
ουνP66 · P75 | then | οὖν | then | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | then | ܗܘܬ | then | οὖν | then | ||||||
ζητησισP66 · P75 | a debate | ζήτησις | a debate | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | a debate | ܕܝܢ | a debate | ζήτησις | a debate | ||||||
εκP66 · P75 | among | ἐκ | among | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quæstio | among | ܒܥܬܐ | among | ἐκ | among | ||||||
τωνP66 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
μαθητωνP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | discipulis | disciples | ܡܢ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | ||||||
ιωαννουP66 · P75 | of John | Ἰωάννου | of John | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Joannis | of John | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of John | Ἰωάννου | of John | ||||||
μεταP66 · P75 | with | μετὰ | with | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | cum | with | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
ιουδαιωνP66 · P75 | a certain Jew | Ἰουδαίου | a certain Jew | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Judæis | a certain Jew | ܥܡ | a certain Jew | Ἰουδαίου | a certain Jew | ||||||
περιP66 · P75 | about | περὶ | about | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | about | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | about | περὶ | about | ||||||
καθαρισμουP66 · P75 | purification. | καθαρισμοῦ. | purification. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | purificatione | purification. | ܚܕ | purification. | καθαρισμοῦ | purification. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||