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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ονP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | He whom | ὃν | He whom | ον | | | quem | Quem | He whom | ܐܝܢܐ | He whom | Ὃν | He whom | |||||
γαρP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
απεστιλενP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | sent | ἀπέστειλεν | sent | απεστιλεν | | | misit | misit | sent | ܕܐܠܗܐ | sent | ἀπέστειλεν | sent | |||||
οP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ds | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
θσP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | God, | θεός, | God, | — | | | — | Deus | God, | ܫܕܪܗ | God, | θεός | God, | |||||
ταP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ρηματαP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | ρηματα | | | uerba | verba | declarations | ܡܠܐ | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | |||||
τουP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God | ܗܘ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
λαλειP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | speaks; | λαλεῖ· | speaks; | λαλει | | | loquitur | loquitur | speaks; | ܕܐܠܗܐ | speaks; | λαλεῖ | speaks; | |||||
ουP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܡܡܠܠ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
γαρP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εκP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | by | ἐκ | by | εκ | | | ad | ad | by | ܗܘܐ | by | ἐκ | by | |||||
μετρουP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | measure | μέτρου | measure | μετρου | | | mensuram | mensuram | measure | ܓܝܪ | measure | μέτρου | measure | |||||
διδωσιP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | He gives | δίδωσιν | He gives | διδωσιν | | | dat | dat | He gives | ܒܟܝܠܐ | He gives | δίδωσιν | He gives | |||||
τοP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
πναP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | God | θεὸς | God | — | | | — | Deus | God | ܝܗܒ | God | θεὸς | God | |||||
τὸP36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | ds | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πνεῦμα.P36 · P66 · P75 · P80 | Spirit. | πνεῦμα. | Spirit. | πνα | | | spm | spiritum | Spirit. | ܐܠܗܐ | Spirit. | πνεῦμα | Spirit. | |||||
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