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 | ||||||||||||
τοP66 · P75 | The | τὸ | The | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | Τὸ | The | ||||||
πναP66 · P75 | wind | πνεῦμα | wind | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Spiritus | wind | ܪܘܚܐ | wind | πνεῦμα | wind | ||||||
οπουP66 · P75 | where | ὅπου | where | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ubi | where | ܐܬܪ | where | ὅπου | where | ||||||
θελειP66 · P75 | it wishes | θέλει | it wishes | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vult | it wishes | ܕܨܒܝܐ | it wishes | θέλει | it wishes | ||||||
πνειP66 · P75 | blows, | πνεῖ, | blows, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | spirat | blows, | ܢܫܒܐ | blows, | πνεῖ | blows, | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܘܩܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
φωνηνP66 · P75 | sound | φωνὴν | sound | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vocem | sound | ܫܡܥ | sound | φωνὴν | sound | ||||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of it | αὐτοῦ | of it | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | of it | ܐܢܬ | of it | αὐτοῦ | of it | ||||||
ακουεισP66 · P75 | You hear | ἀκούεις | You hear | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | audis | You hear | ܐܠܐ | You hear | ἀκούεις | You hear | ||||||
αλλP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sed | but | ܠܐ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | ||||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | nescis | not | ܝܕܥ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
οιδασP66 · P75 | you know | οἶδας | you know | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | unde | you know | — | — | οἶδας | you know | ||||||
ποθενP66 · P75 | from where | πόθεν | from where | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | veniat | from where | ܐܢܬ | from where | πόθεν | from where | ||||||
ερχεταιP66 · P75 | it comes | ἔρχεται | it comes | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | aut | it comes | ܐܝܡܟܐ | it comes | ἔρχεται | it comes | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quo | and | ܐܬܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
πουP66 · P75 | where | ποῦ | where | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vadat | where | ܘܠܐܝܟܐ | where | ποῦ | where | ||||||
υπαγειP66 · P75 | it goes; | ὑπάγει· | it goes; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sic | it goes; | ܐܙܠܐ | it goes; | ὑπάγει | it goes; | ||||||
ουτωσP66 · P75 | thus | οὕτως | thus | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | οὕτως | thus | ||||||
εστιP66 · P75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | omnis | is | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
πασP66 · P75 | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | qui | everyone | ܟܠܢܫ | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | ||||||
οP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | ||||||
γεγεννημενοσP66 · P75 | born | γεγεννημένος | born | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | natus | born | ܕܝܠܝܕ | born | γεγεννημένος | born | ||||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | of | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | ||||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
πνσP66 · P75 | Spirit. | πνεύματος.¶ | Spirit. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ex | Spirit. | ܪܘܚܐ | Spirit. | πνεύματος | Spirit. | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||