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 | ||||||||||||
ουP66 · P75 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | |||||
δυνομαιP66 · P75 | am able | δύναμαι | am able | δυναμαι | | | possum | possum | am able | ܡܫܟܚ | am able | δύναμαι | am able | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
ποιεινP66 · P75 | to do | ποιεῖν | to do | — | | | a | a | to do | ܡܕܡ | to do | ποιεῖν | to do | |||||
απP66 · P75 | of | ἀπ᾽ | of | απ | | | me | meipso | of | ܡܢ | of | ἀπ’ | of | |||||
εμαυτουP66 · P75 | Myself | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself | εμαυτου | | | facere | facere | Myself | ܨܒܘܬ | Myself | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself | |||||
ουδεP66 · P75 | no thing; | οὐδέν· | no thing; | ουδεν | | | quidquam | quidquam | no thing; | ܢܦܫܝ | no thing; | οὐδέν | no thing; | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | Sicut | even as | ܠܡܥܒܕ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | I hear | ἀκούω | I hear | ακουω | | | audio | audio | I hear | ܐܠܐ | I hear | ἀκούω | I hear | |||||
ακουωP66 · P75 | I judge, | κρίνω, | I judge, | κρινω | | | iudico | judico | I judge, | ܐܝܟܢܐ | I judge, | κρίνω | I judge, | |||||
κρινωP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܫܡܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | me | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
κρισισP66 · P75 | judgment | κρίσις | judgment | κρισις | | | iudicium | judicium | judgment | ܐܢܐ | judgment | κρίσις | judgment | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
εμηP66 · P75 | of Mine | ἐμὴ | of Mine | εμη | | | meum | meum | of Mine | ܕܐܢ | of Mine | ἐμὴ | of Mine | |||||
δικαιαP66 · P75 | just | δικαία | just | δικαια | | | iustum | justum | just | ܐܢܐ | just | δικαία | just | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is, | ἐστίν, | is, | εστιν | | | est | est | is, | ܘܕܝܢܝ | is, | ἐστίν | is, | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | qui | quia | because | ܟܐܝܢ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܗܘ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
ζητωP66 · P75 | I seek | ζητῶ | I seek | ζητω | | | — | quæro | I seek | ܠܐ | I seek | ζητῶ | I seek | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θελημαP66 · P75 | will | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | uoluntatem | voluntatem | will | ܓܝܪ | will | θέλημα | will | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
εμονP66 · P75 | of Me | ἐμὸν | of Me | εμον | | | meam | meam | of Me | ܒܥܐ | of Me | ἐμόν | of Me | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θελημαP66 · P75 | will | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | uoluntatem | voluntatem | will | ܨܒܝܢܝ | will | θέλημα | will | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the One who | τοῦ | of the One who | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the One who | |||||
πεμψαντοσP66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψαντός | having sent | πεμψαντος | | | eius | ejus | having sent | ܐܠܐ | having sent | πέμψαντός | having sent | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | quaero | qui | Me | ܨܒܝܢܗ | Me | με | Me | |||||
πατρός.¶P66 · P75 | the Father. | πατρός.¶ | the Father. | — | | | misit | misit | the Father. | ܕܡܢ | the Father. | πατρός | the Father. | |||||
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