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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | am | εἰμι | am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αρτοσP66 · P75 | bread | ἄρτος | bread | αρτος | | | panes | panis | bread | ܠܚܡܐ | bread | ἄρτος | bread | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
ζωησP66 · P75 | of life. | ζωῆς. | of life. | ζωης | | | uitae | vitæ | of life. | ܕܚܝܐ | of life. | ζωῆς | of life. | |||||
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