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 | ||||||||||||
ενP66 · P75 | In | ἐν | In | εν | | | in | In | In | ܒܗܕܐ | In | Ἐν | In | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | hoc | hoc | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
τουτωP66 · P75 | this | τούτῳ | this | τουτω | | | enim | enim | this | — | — | τούτῳ | this | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
λογοσP66 · P75 | saying | λόγος | saying | — | | | est | est | saying | ܐܝܬܝܗ | saying | λόγος | saying | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | uerbum | verbum | is | ܡܠܬܐ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
αληθινοσP66 · P75 | true | ἀληθινός, | true | — | | | ueritatis | verum | true | ܕܫܪܪܐ | true | ἀληθινός | true | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | quia | quia | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
αλλοσP66 · P75 | One | ἄλλος | One | — | | | alius | alius | One | ܕܐܚܪܝܢ | One | Ἄλλος | One | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | — | | | serit | est | is | ܗܘ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | metit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
σπειρωνP66 · P75 | is sowing | σπείρων | is sowing | — | | | qui | qui | is sowing | ܙܪܥ | is sowing | σπείρων | is sowing | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | seminat | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
αλλοσP66 · P75 | another | ἄλλος | another | αλλος | | | et | et | another | ܘܐܚܪܝܢ | another | ἄλλος | another | |||||
οP66 · P75 | is the one who | ὁ | is the one who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | is the one who | |||||
θεριζωνP66 · P75 | is reaping. | θερίζων. | is reaping. | θεριζων | | | alius | alius | is reaping. | ܚܨܕ | is reaping. | θερίζων | is reaping. | |||||
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