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 | ||||||||||||
ερχεταιP66 · P75 | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | Venit | Comes | ܘܐܬܬ | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | |||||
γυνηP66 · P75 | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | γυνη | | | mulier | mulier | a woman | ܐܢܬܬܐ | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܡܢ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | illi | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
σαμαριασP66 · P75 | Samaria | Σαμαρείας | Samaria | σαμαριας | | | samaria | Samaria | Samaria | ܫܡܪܝܢ | Samaria | Σαμαρείας | Samaria | |||||
αντλησαιP66 · P75 | to draw | ἀντλῆσαι | to draw | αντλησαι | | | haurire | haurire | to draw | ܕܬܡܠܐ | to draw | ἀντλῆσαι | to draw | |||||
υδωρP66 · P75 | water. | ὕδωρ. | water. | ϋδωρ | | | aquam | aquam | water. | ܡܝܐ | water. | ὕδωρ | water. | |||||
λεγειP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dicit | Says | ܘܐܡܪ | Says | λέγει | Says | |||||
αυτηP66 · P75 | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | αυτη | | | — | ei | to her | ܠܗ | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
δοσP66 · P75 | do give | δός | do give | δος | | | da | Da | do give | ܗܒ | do give | Δός | do give | |||||
μοιP66 · P75 | Me | μοι | Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | Me | ܠܝ | Me | μοι | Me | |||||
πεινP66 · P75 | to drink. | πεῖν. | to drink. | πειν | | | bibere | bibere | to drink. | ܡܝܐ | to drink. | πιεῖν | to drink. | |||||
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