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 | ||||||||||||
ερχεταιP66 · P75 | He comes | ἔρχεται | He comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | Venit | He comes | ܘܐܬܐ | He comes | Ἔρχεται | He comes | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܕܫܡܪܝܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
πολινP66 · P75 | a city | πόλιν | a city | πολιν | | | ciuitatem | civitatem | a city | — | — | πόλιν | a city | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | suo | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
σαμαριασP66 · P75 | of Samaria | Σαμαρείας | of Samaria | σαμαριας | | | samariae | Samariæ | of Samaria | ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ | of Samaria | Σαμαρείας | of Samaria | |||||
λεγομενηνP66 · P75 | being named | λεγομένην | being named | λεγομενην | | | quae | quæ | being named | ܫܟܪ | being named | λεγομένην | being named | |||||
συχαρP66 · P75 | Sychar, | Συχάρ, | Sychar, | συχαρ | | | dicitur | dicitur | Sychar, | ܥܠ | Sychar, | Συχάρ | Sychar, | |||||
πλησιοP66 · P75 | nearby | πλησίον | nearby | πλησιον | | | sychar | Sichar | nearby | ܓܢܒ | nearby | πλησίον | nearby | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
χωριουP66 · P75 | plot of ground | χωρίου | plot of ground | χωριου | | | iuxta | juxta | plot of ground | ܩܪܝܬܐ | plot of ground | χωρίου | plot of ground | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | that | ὃ | that | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὃ | that | |||||
εδωκενP66 · P75 | gave | ἔδωκεν | gave | εδωκεν | | | quod | quod | gave | — | — | ἔδωκεν | gave | |||||
ιακωβP66 · P75 | Jacob | Ἰακὼβ | Jacob | ϊακωβ | | | dedit | dedit | Jacob | ܗܘܐ | Jacob | Ἰακὼβ | Jacob | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰωσὴφ | <the> | |||||
ιωσηφP66 · P75 | to Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | to Joseph | ϊωσηφ | | | iacob | Jacob | to Joseph | ܝܥܩܘܒ | to Joseph | τῷ | to Joseph | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | agrum | — | — | — | — | υἱῷ | the | |||||
υιωP66 · P75 | son | υἱῷ | son | ϋιω | | | ioseph | Joseph | son | ܠܝܘܤܦ | son | αὐτοῦ | son | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of him; | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | filio | filio | of him; | ܒܪܗ | of him; | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | |||||
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