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 | ||||||||||||
αλλοσP66 · P75 | Another | ἄλλος | Another | αλλος | | | alter | Alius | Another | ܐܚܪܝܢ | Another | Ἄλλος | Another | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | it is | ἐστὶν | it is | εστιν | | | est | est | it is | ܗܘ | it is | ἐστὶν | it is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
μαρτυρωνP66 · P75 | is bearing witness | μαρτυρῶν | is bearing witness | μαρτυρων | | | testimonium | testimonium | is bearing witness | — | — | μαρτυρῶν | is bearing witness | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | dicit | perhibet | concerning | ܗܘ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
εμουP66 · P75 | Me, | ἐμοῦ, | Me, | εμου | | | de | de | Me, | ܕܡܤܗܕ | Me, | ἐμοῦ | Me, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | me | me | and | ܥܠܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιδαP66 · P75 | I know | οἶδα | I know | οιδατε | | | et | et | I know | ܘܝܕܥ | I know | οἶδα | I know | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | scitis | scio | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
αληθησP66 · P75 | true | ἀληθής | true | αληθης | | | &om; | quia | true | ܐܢܐ | true | ἀληθής | true | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | uerum | verum | is | ܕܫܪܝܪܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | est | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
μαρτυριαP66 · P75 | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | μαρτυρια | | | testimonium | testimonium | testimony | ܗܝ | testimony | μαρτυρία | testimony | |||||
ηνP66 · P75 | which | ἣν | which | ην | | | quoniam | quod | which | ܤܗܕܘܬܗ | which | ἣν | which | |||||
μαρτυριP66 · P75 | he bears witness | μαρτυρεῖ | he bears witness | μαρτυρει | | | — | perhibet | he bears witness | — | — | μαρτυρεῖ | he bears witness | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܕܡܤܗܕ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
εμουP66 · P75 | Me. | ἐμοῦ.¶ | Me. | εμου | | | me | me | Me. | ܥܠܝ | Me. | ἐμοῦ | Me. | |||||
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