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 | ||||||||||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | Says | Λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܐܡܪܐ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܐܢܬܬܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | dme | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
γυνηP66 · P75 | woman; | γυνή· | woman; | γυνη | | | mulier | mulier | woman; | ܡܪܝ | woman; | γυνή | woman; | |||||
κεP66 · P75 | Sir, | κύριε, | Sir, | — | | | — | Domine | Sir, | ܗܒ | Sir, | Κύριε | Sir, | |||||
δοσP66 · P75 | do give | δός | do give | δος | | | da | da | do give | ܠܝ | do give | δός | do give | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | me | μοι | me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | me | ܡܢ | me | μοι | me | |||||
τουτοP66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | hanc | hanc | this | ܗܠܝܢ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
υδωρP66 · P75 | water | ὕδωρ | water | ϋδωρ | | | aquam | aquam | water | ܕܠܐ | water | ὕδωρ | water | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܬܘܒ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܐܨܗܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
διψωP66 · P75 | I may thirst | διψῶ | I may thirst | — | | | sitiam | sitiam | I may thirst | ܘܠܐ | I may thirst | διψῶ | I may thirst | |||||
μηδεP66 · P75 | nor | μηδὲ | nor | μηδε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܗܘܝܬ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | |||||
διερχωμαιP66 · P75 | I may come | διέρχωμαι | I may come | — | | | ueniam | veniam | I may come | ܐܬܝܐ | I may come | ἔρχομαι | I may come | |||||
ενθαδεP66 · P75 | here | ἐνθάδε | here | ενθαδε | | | hic | huc | here | ܕܠܝܐ | here | ἐνθάδε | here | |||||
αντλεινP66 · P75 | to draw. | ἀντλεῖν. | to draw. | αντλειν | | | haurire | haurire | to draw. | ܡܢ | to draw. | ἀντλεῖν | to draw. | |||||
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