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 | ||||||||||||
αυτοσP66 · P75 | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | αυτος | | | ipse | Ipse | himself/he | ܗܘ | Himself | Αὐτὸς | Himself | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | ? | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | habet | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
εμαρτυρησενP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܓܝܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | testified | ἐμαρτύρησεν | testified | εμαρτυρησεν | | | testificatus | testimonium | ? | ܝܫܘܥ | testified | ἐμαρτύρησεν | testified | |||||
προφητησP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | est | perhibuit | ? | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | a prophet | προφήτης | a prophet | προφητης | | | — | quia | because/that | ܤܗܕ | a prophet | προφήτης | a prophet | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | profeta | propheta | ? | ܕܢܒܝܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ιδιαP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | quoniam | in | in | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
πατριδιP66 · P75 | own | ἰδίᾳ | own | ϊδια | | | in | sua | ? | — | — | ἰδίᾳ | own | |||||
τιμηνP66 · P75 | hometown | πατρίδι | hometown | πατριδι | | | sua | patria | ? | ܒܡܕܝܢܬܗ | hometown | πατρίδι | hometown | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | honor | τιμὴν | honor | τειμην | | | patria | honorem | ? | ܠܐ | honor | τιμὴν | honor | |||||
εχειP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | honorem | non | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
ἔχει.¶P66 · P75 | has. | ἔχει.¶ | has. | εχει | | | non | habet | ? | ܡܬܝܩܪ | has. | ἔχει | has. | |||||
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