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 | ||||||||||||
αμηνP66 · P75 | Amen | Ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
αμηνP66 · P75 | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | αμην | | | amen | amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | ἀμὴν | Amen | |||||
λεγωP66 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP66 · P75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܐܢܐ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
πιστευωνP66 · P75 | believing | πιστεύων | believing | πιστευων | | | credit | credit | believing | ܕܡܢ | believing | πιστεύων | believing | |||||
εχειP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
ζωηνP66 · P75 | me myself | ἐμέ | me myself | εμε | | | me | me | me myself | ܒܝ | me myself | ἐμέ | me myself | |||||
αιωνιονP66 · P75 | has | ἔχει | has | εχει | | | habet | habet | has | ܐܝܬ | has | ἔχει | has | |||||
ζωὴνP66 · P75 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | ܠܗ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
αἰώνιον.P66 · P75 | eternal. | αἰώνιον. | eternal. | αιωνιον | | | aeternam | æternam | eternal. | ܚܝܐ | eternal. | αἰώνιον | eternal. | |||||
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