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 | ||||||||||||
οιP66 · P75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | illius | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | For | γὰρ | For | γαρ | | | discipuli | Discipuli | For | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | For | |||||
μαθηταιP66 · P75 | the disciples | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | μαθηται | | | enim | enim | the disciples | ܓܝܪ | the disciples | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | — | ejus | of Him | ܥܠܘ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
απεληλυθεισανP66 · P75 | had gone away | ἀπεληλύθεισαν | had gone away | απεληλυθισαν | | | abierant | abierant | had gone away | ܗܘܘ | had gone away | ἀπεληλύθεισαν | had gone away | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πολινP66 · P75 | city | πόλιν | city | πολιν | | | ciuitatem | civitatem | city | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ | city | πόλιν | city | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܢܙܒܢܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
τροφασP66 · P75 | food | τροφὰς | food | τροφας | | | escas | cibos | food | ܠܗܘܢ | food | τροφὰς | food | |||||
αγορασωσινP66 · P75 | they may buy. | ἀγοράσωσιν. | they may buy. | αγορασωσιν | | | emerent | emerent | they may buy. | ܤܝܒܪܬܐ | they may buy. | ἀγοράσωσιν | they may buy. | |||||
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