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 | ||||||||||||
αφηκενP66 · P75 | Left | Ἀφῆκεν | Left | αφηκεν | | | dismisit | Reliquit | Left | ܘܫܒܩܬ | Left | Ἀφῆκεν | Left | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | then | — | — | οὖν | then | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | hominibus | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
υδριανP66 · P75 | water pot | ὑδρίαν | water pot | — | | | hydriam | hydriam | water pot | ܩܘܠܬܗ | water pot | ὑδρίαν | water pot | |||||
αυτησP66 · P75 | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | — | | | suam | suam | of her | — | — | αὐτῆς | of her | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
γυνηP66 · P75 | woman | γυνὴ | woman | γυνη | | | mulier | mulier | woman | ܐܢܬܬܐ | woman | γυνή | woman | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
απηλθενP66 · P75 | went away | ἀπῆλθεν | went away | — | | | abiit | abiit | went away | ܘܐܙܠܬ | went away | ἀπῆλθεν | went away | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | in | in | into | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πολινP66 · P75 | city | πόλιν | city | — | | | ciuitatem | civitatem | city | — | — | πόλιν | city | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | says | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | dicit | dicit | says | — | — | λέγει | says | |||||
τοισP66 · P75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
ανοισP66 · P75 | men; | ἀνθρώποις· | men; | ανθρωποις | | | — | illis | men; | ܠܐܢܫܐ | men; | ἀνθρώποις | men; | |||||
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