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 | ||||||||||||
ωσP66 · P75 | When | Ὡς | When | ως | | | cum | Ut | When | ܝܕܥ | When | Ὡς | When | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܕܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
εγνωP66 · P75 | knew | ἔγνω | knew | εγνω | | | cognouit | cognovit | knew | — | — | ἔγνω | knew | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
κσP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | κύριος | Jesus | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܫܡܥܘ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ηκουσανP66 · P75 | heard | ἤκουσαν | heard | ηκουσαν | | | audierunt | audierunt | heard | ܦܪܝܫܐ | heard | ἤκουσαν | heard | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | farisaei | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
φαρισαιοιP66 · P75 | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | quia | pharisæi | Pharisees | — | — | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | quod | that | ܕܬܠܡܝܕܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܤܓܝܐܐ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
πλειονασP66 · P75 | more | πλείονας | more | πλειονας | | | plures | plures | more | — | — | πλείονας | more | |||||
μαθητασP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθητὰς | disciples | μαθητας | | | discipulos | discipulos | disciples | ܥܒܕ | disciples | μαθητὰς | disciples | |||||
ποιειP66 · P75 | makes | ποιεῖ | makes | ποιει | | | facit | facit | makes | ܘܡܥܡܕ | makes | ποιεῖ | makes | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܝܬܝܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
βαπτιζειP66 · P75 | baptizes | βαπτίζει | baptizes | βαπτιζει | | | baptizat | baptizat | baptizes | — | — | βαπτίζει | baptizes | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | than | ἢ | than | η | | | quam | — | — | — | — | ἢ | than | |||||
ιωαννησP66 · P75 | John | Ἰωάννης, | John | ϊωαννης | | | iohannes | Joannes | John | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης- | John | |||||
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