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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
εστινP45 · P66 · P75 | There is | ἔστιν | There is | εστι | | | est | Est | There is | ܐܝܬ | There is | Ἔστιν | There is | |||||
δεP45 · P66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ενP45 · P66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | hierosolymis | Jerosolymis | in | ܕܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τοισP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | in | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | |||||
ιεροσολυμοισP45 · P66 · P75 | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμοις | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμοις | | | — | probatica | Jerusalem | ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμοις | Jerusalem | |||||
επιP45 · P66 · P75 | by | ἐπὶ | by | — | | | piscina | piscina | by | ܕܘܟܬܐ | by | ἐπὶ | by | |||||
τηιP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | natatoria | — | — | ܚܕܐ | the | τῇ | the | |||||
προβατικηιP45 · P66 · P75 | Sheep Gate | προβατικῇ | Sheep Gate | προβατικη | | | quae | quæ | Sheep Gate | ܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ | Sheep Gate | προβατικῇ | Sheep Gate | |||||
κολυμβηθραP45 · P66 · P75 | a pool, | κολυμβήθρα, | a pool, | κολυμβηθρα | | | — | — | — | ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ | a pool, | κολυμβήθρα | a pool, | |||||
ηP45 · P66 · P75 | which | ἡ | which | η | | | dicitur | — | — | — | — | ἡ | which | |||||
επιλεγομενηP45 · P66 · P75 | is being called | ἐπιλεγομένη | is being called | — | | | ebraeice | cognominatur | is being called | ܒܝܬ | is being called | ἐπιλεγομένη | is being called | |||||
εβραιστιP45 · P66 · P75 | in Hebrew | Ἑβραϊστὶ | in Hebrew | εβραϊστι | | | — | hebraice | in Hebrew | ܚܤܕܐ | in Hebrew | Ἑβραϊστὶ | in Hebrew | |||||
Βηθζαθά,P45 · P66 · P75 | Bethzatha, | Βηθζαθά, | Bethzatha, | — | | | belzetha | Bethsaida | Bethzatha, | ܘܐܝܬ | Bethzatha, | Βηθεσδά | Bethzatha, | |||||
πέντεP45 · P66 · P75 | five | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | quinque | quinque | five | ܗܘܐ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
στοὰςP45 · P66 · P75 | porches | στοὰς | porches | στοας | | | porticos | porticus | porches | ܒܗ | porches | στοὰς | porches | |||||
ἔχουσα.P45 · P66 · P75 | having. | ἔχουσα. | having. | εχουσα | | | habens | habens | having. | ܚܡܫܐ | having. | ἔχουσα | having. | |||||
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