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 | ||||||||||||
πναP66 · P75 | Spirit | πνεῦμα | Spirit | πνευμα | | | sps | Spiritus | Spirit | ܪܘܚܐ | Spirit | Πνεῦμα | Spirit | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
θσP66 · P75 | God is, | θεός, | God is, | — | | | ds | Deus | God is, | ܗܘ | God is, | θεός | God is, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܓܝܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουσP66 · P75 | those | τοὺς | those | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | |||||
προσκυνουντασP66 · P75 | worshiping | προσκυνοῦντας | worshiping | προσκυνουντας | | | spu | qui | worshiping | ܐܠܗܐ | worshiping | προσκυνοῦντας | worshiping | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | adorantes | adorant | Him | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | eum | in | ܕܤܓܕܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
πνιP66 · P75 | spirit | πνεύματι | spirit | πνι | | | in | in | spirit | ܠܗ | spirit | πνεύματι | spirit | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | adorare | spiritu | and | ܒܪܘܚܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αληθιαP66 · P75 | truth | ἀληθείᾳ | truth | αληθεια | | | et | et | truth | ܘܒܫܪܪܐ | truth | ἀληθείᾳ | truth | |||||
δειP66 · P75 | it behooves | δεῖ | it behooves | — | | | ueritate | veritate | it behooves | ܘܠܐ | it behooves | δεῖ | it behooves | |||||
προσκυνεινP66 · P75 | to worship. | προσκυνεῖν.¶ | to worship. | προσκυνειν | | | oportet | oportet | to worship. | ܕܢܤܓܕܘܢ | to worship. | προσκυνεῖν | to worship. | |||||
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