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 | ||||||||||||
οτιP66 · P75 | For | ὅτι | For | οτι | | | qui | quia | because/that | ܕܢܚܬܬ | For | Ὅτι | For | |||||
καταβεβηκαP66 · P75 | I have come down | καταβέβηκα | I have come down | καταβεβηκα | | | descendi | descendi | ? | ܡܢ | I have come down | καταβέβηκα | I have come down | |||||
αποP66 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | de | de | from/of | ܫܡܝܐ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | misit | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ουρανουP66 · P75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | quoniam | c | ? | ܠܐ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | |||||
ουχP66 · P75 | not | οὐχ | not | ουχ | | | non | lo | ? | ܗܘܐ | not | οὐχ | not | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | non | not | ܕܐܥܒܕ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
ποιωP66 · P75 | I may do | ποιῶ | I may do | — | | | faciam | ut | that/so that | — | — | ποιῶ | I may do | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | me | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θελημαP66 · P75 | will | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | uoluntatem | voluntatem | ? | ܨܒܝܢܝ | will | θέλημα | will | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
εμονP66 · P75 | of Me | ἐμὸν | of Me | εμον | | | meam | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | of Me | ἐμόν | of Me | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | voluntatem | ? | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | caelo | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θελημαP66 · P75 | will | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | uoluntatem | qui | who/which | ܨܒܝܢܗ | 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 | misit | sent | ܕܡܢ | having sent | πέμψαντός | having sent | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me. | με. | Me. | με | | | patris | me | me | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
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