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 | The | ὁ | The | ο | | | ds | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||
πηρP36 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | — | Pater | Father | ܐܒܐ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
αγαπαP36 · P66 · P75 | loves | ἀγαπᾷ | loves | αγαπα | | | diligit | diligit | loves | ܡܚܒ | loves | ἀγαπᾷ | loves | |||||
τονP36 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υνP36 · P66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | Filium | Son | — | — | υἱόν | Son | |||||
καιP36 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܒܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πανταP36 · P66 · P75 | all things | πάντα | all things | παντα | | | omnia | omnia | all things | ܘܟܠ | all things | πάντα | all things | |||||
δεδωκενP36 · P66 · P75 | has given | δέδωκεν | has given | — | | | dedit | dedit | has given | ܡܕܡ | has given | δέδωκεν | has given | |||||
ενP36 · P66 · P75 | into | ἐν | into | εν | | | in | in | into | — | — | ἐν | into | |||||
τηP36 · P66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
χειριP36 · P66 · P75 | hand | χειρὶ | hand | χειρι | | | manu | manu | hand | ܝܗܒ | hand | χειρὶ | hand | |||||
αυτουP36 · P66 · P75 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܒܐܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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