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 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | Et | and | ܘܡܕܡ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
εωρακενP36 · P66 · P75 | What | ὃ | What | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | What | |||||
καιP36 · P66 · P75 | He has seen | ἑώρακεν | He has seen | εωρακεν | | | uidit | vidit | He has seen | ܕܚܙܐ | He has seen | ἑώρακεν | He has seen | |||||
ηκουσενP36 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܫܡܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουτοP36 · P66 · P75 | heard, | ἤκουσεν, | heard, | ηκουσεν | | | audiuit | audivit | heard, | — | — | ἤκουσεν | heard, | |||||
μαρτυρειP36 · P66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | — | hoc | this | ܡܤܗܕ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
καιP36 · P66 · P75 | He testifies, | μαρτυρεῖ, | He testifies, | μαρτυρει | | | testatur | testatur | He testifies, | ܘܤܗܕܘܬܗ | He testifies, | μαρτυρεῖ | He testifies, | |||||
τηνP36 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
μαρτυριανP36 · P66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
αυτουP36 · P66 · P75 | testimony | μαρτυρίαν | testimony | μαρτυριαν | | | testimonium | testimonium | testimony | ܠܐ | testimony | μαρτυρίαν | testimony | |||||
ουδεισP36 · P66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܐܢܫ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
λαμβανειP36 · P66 · P75 | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | no one | — | — | οὐδεὶς | no one | |||||
λαμβάνει.P36 · P66 · P75 | receives. | λαμβάνει. | receives. | λαμβανει | | | accipit | accipit | receives. | ܡܩܒܠ | receives. | λαμβάνει | receives. | |||||
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