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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | The | ὁ | The | ο | | | mundo | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | panis | Panis | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
αρτοσP75 | bread | ἄρτος | bread | αρτος | | | enim | enim | bread | ܓܝܪ | bread | ἄρτος | bread | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | caelo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
εστινP75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP75 | the One | ὁ | the One | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | |||||
καταβαινωνP75 | coming down | καταβαίνων | coming down | κατα | | | qui | qui | coming down | ܗܘ | coming down | καταβαίνων | coming down | |||||
εκP75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܕܢܚܬ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ουρανουP75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | — | cælo | heaven | ܡܢ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | descendit | descendit | and | ܫܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ζωηνP75 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | et | et | life | ܘܝܗܒ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
διδουσP75 | giving | διδοὺς | giving | — | | | — | dat | giving | ܚܝܐ | giving | διδοὺς | giving | |||||
τωP75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | dans | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
κοσμωP75 | world. | κόσμῳ.¶ | world. | κοσμω | | | uitam | vitam | world. | ܠܥܠܡܐ | world. | κόσμῳ | world. | |||||
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