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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | deuerterat | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | — | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ιαθεισP66 · P75 | having been healed | ἰαθεὶς | having been healed | — | | | cum | qui | having been healed | ܕܐܬܐܤܝ | having been healed | ἰαθεὶς | having been healed | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | — | sanus | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ηδειP66 · P75 | knew | ᾔδει | knew | ηδει | | | esset | fuerat | knew | ܝܕܥ | knew | ᾔδει | knew | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | who | τίς | who | τις | | | — | effectus | who | ܗܘܐ | who | τίς | who | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | it is; | ἐστιν· | it is; | — | | | nesciebat | nesciebat | it is; | ܡܢܘ | it is; | ἐστιν | it is; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | quis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | esset | esset | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܐܬܓܢܝ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
εξενευσενP66 · P75 | moved away | ἐξένευσεν | moved away | — | | | enim | enim | moved away | ܗܘܐ | moved away | ἐξένευσεν | moved away | |||||
οχλουP66 · P75 | a crowd | ὄχλου | a crowd | οχλου | | | in | declinavit | a crowd | ܠܗ | a crowd | ὄχλου | a crowd | |||||
οντοσP66 · P75 | being | ὄντος | being | οντος | | | — | a | being | ܒܟܢܫܐ | being | ὄντος | being | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | turba | turba | in | ܤܓܝܐܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | loco | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
τοπωP66 · P75 | place. | τόπῳ.¶ | place. | τοπω | | | infirmis | in | place. | ܗܘܐ | place. | τόπῳ | place. | |||||
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