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 | ||||||||||||
απηλθενP66 · P75 | Went away | ἀπῆλθεν | Went away | απηλθεν | | | abiit | Abiit | Went away | ܘܐܙܠ | Went away | Ἀπῆλθεν | Went away | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ergo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ανθρωποσP66 · P75 | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | ανθρωπος | | | — | ille | man | ܗܘ | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | homo | homo | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ανηγγιλενP66 · P75 | told | ἀνήγγειλεν | told | — | | | et | et | told | ܓܒܪܐ | told | ἀνήγγειλεν | told | |||||
τοισP66 · P75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | sanum | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
ιουδαιοισP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews | ϊουδαιοις | | | nuntiauit | nuntiavit | Jews | ܘܐܡܪ | Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | iudaeis | Judæis | that | ܠܝܗܘܕܝܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | quia | quia | Jesus | ܕܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
εστιP66 · P75 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | εστιν | | | ihs | Jesus | it is | — | — | ἐστιν | it is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the One | ὁ | the One | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | |||||
ποιησασP66 · P75 | having made | ποιήσας | having made | ποιησας | | | me | esset | having made | ܗܘ | having made | ποιήσας | having made | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | qui | qui | him | ܗܘ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
υγιηP66 · P75 | well. | ὑγιῆ. | well. | ϋγιη | | | fecit | fecit | well. | ܕܐܚܠܡܗ | well. | ὑγιῆ | well. | |||||
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