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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP66 · P75 | Was | ἦν | Was | ην | | | erat | Erat | Was | ܘܐܝܬ | Was | ἦν | Was | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εκειP66 · P75 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | εκει | | | ibi | ibi | there | ܬܡܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | |||||
πηγηP66 · P75 | the well | πηγὴ | the well | πηγη | | | fons | fons | the well | ܡܥܝܢܐ | the well | πηγὴ | the well | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιακωβP66 · P75 | of Jacob. | Ἰακώβ.¶ | of Jacob. | ϊακωβ | | | iacob | Jacob | of Jacob. | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | of Jacob. | Ἰακώβ | of Jacob. | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | Therefore | οὖν | Therefore | ουν | | | ihs | Jesus | Therefore | ܕܝܢ | Therefore | οὖν | Therefore | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | — | ergo | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
κεκοπιακωσP66 · P75 | already wearying | κεκοπιακὼς | already wearying | κεκοπιακως | | | fatigatus | fatigatus | already wearying | ܠܐܐ | already wearying | κεκοπιακὼς | already wearying | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | — | ex | from | ܗܘܐ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
οδοιποριασP66 · P75 | journey | ὁδοιπορίας | journey | οδοιποριας | | | itinere | itinere | journey | ܥܡܠܐ | journey | ὁδοιπορίας | journey | |||||
εκαθεζετοP66 · P75 | was sitting | ἐκαθέζετο | was sitting | εκαθεζετο | | | sedebat | sedebat | was sitting | ܕܐܘܪܚܐ | was sitting | ἐκαθέζετο | was sitting | |||||
ουτωσP66 · P75 | thus | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | sic | sic | thus | ܘܝܬܒ | thus | οὕτως | thus | |||||
επιP66 · P75 | at | ἐπὶ | at | επι | | | supra | supra | at | ܗܘܐ | at | ἐπὶ | at | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | de | — | — | ܠܗ | the | τῇ | the | |||||
πηγηP66 · P75 | well; | πηγῇ· | well; | πηγη | | | fontem | fontem | well; | ܥܠ | well; | πηγῇ | well; | |||||
ωραP66 · P75 | The hour | ὥρα | The hour | ωρα | | | hora | Hora | The hour | ܡܥܝܢܐ | The hour | Ὥρα | The hour | |||||
ηνP66 · P75 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܘܐܝܬ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
ωσP66 · P75 | about | ὡς | about | ως | | | quasi | quasi | about | ܗܘܝ | about | ὡσεὶ | about | |||||
εκτηP66 · P75 | the sixth. | ἕκτη.¶ | the sixth. | εκτη | | | sexta | sexta | the sixth. | ܫܬ | the sixth. | ἕκτη | the sixth. | |||||
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