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 | ||||||||||||
ουχP66 · P75 | Not | οὐχ | Not | ουχ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐχ | Not | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | qui | quia | for | ܗܘܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | patrem | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP66 · P75 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | quod | Patrem | Father | ܕܚܙܐ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
εωρακενP66 · P75 | has seen | ἑώρακέν | has seen | εωρακεν | | | uidit | vidit | has seen | ܐܢܫ | has seen | τις | has seen | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | anyone | τις | anyone | τις | | | quisquam | quisquam | anyone | ܠܐܒܐ | anyone | ἑώρακεν | anyone | |||||
ειP66 · P75 | only | εἰ | only | ει | | | nisi | nisi | only | ܐܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | except | μὴ | except | μη | | | — | is | except | ܡܢ | except | μὴ | except | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the One | ὁ | the One | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | |||||
ωνP66 · P75 | being | ὢν | being | ων | | | — | qui | being | ܕܡܢ | being | ὢν | being | |||||
παραP66 · P75 | from | παρὰ | from | παρα | | | est | est | from | ܐܠܗܐ | from | παρὰ | from | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP66 · P75 | God, | θεοῦ, | God, | θυ | | | a | a | God, | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | God, | θεοῦ | God, | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | He | οὗτος | He | ουτος | | | deo | Deo | He | ܗܘ | He | οὗτος | He | |||||
εωρακενP66 · P75 | has seen | ἑώρακεν | has seen | εωρακεν | | | hic | hic | has seen | ܗܘ | has seen | ἑώρακεν | has seen | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | deum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP66 · P75 | Father. | πατέρα.¶ | Father. | — | | | uidit | vidit | Father. | ܚܙܐ | Father. | πατέρα | Father. | |||||
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