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 | ||||||||||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | Ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | have sent | ἀπεστάλκατε | have sent | απεσταλκατε | | | misistis | misistis | have sent | ܫܕܪܬܘܢ | have sent | ἀπεστάλκατε | have sent | |||||
απεσταλκαταιP66 · P75 | unto | πρὸς | unto | προς | | | ad | ad | unto | ܠܘܬ | unto | πρὸς | unto | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | John | Ἰωάννην, | John | ϊωαννην | | | iohannen | Joannem | John | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | |||||
ιωαννηνP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܤܗܕ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | he has borne witness | μεμαρτύρηκεν | he has borne witness | μεμαρτυρηκεν | | | testimonium | testimonium | he has borne witness | ܥܠ | he has borne witness | μεμαρτύρηκεν | he has borne witness | |||||
εμεμαρτυρηκενP66 · P75 | to the | τῇ | to the | τη | | | pehibuit | perhibuit | to the | — | — | τῇ | to the | |||||
μεμαρτυρηκενP66 · P75 | truth; | ἀληθείᾳ· | truth; | αληθεια | | | ueritati | veritati | truth; | ܫܪܪܐ | truth; | ἀληθείᾳ | truth; | |||||
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