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 | ||||||||||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | This | οὗτός | This | ουτος | | | hic | Hic | This | ܗܢܘ | This | Οὗτός | This | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܕܝܢ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | caelo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αρτοσP66 · P75 | bread | ἄρτος | bread | αρτος | | | panis | panis | bread | — | — | ἄρτος | bread | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | quis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | ܠܚܡܐ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ουρανουP66 · P75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | illo | cælo | heaven | ܕܢܚܬ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | |||||
καταβαινωνP66 · P75 | coming down, | καταβαίνων, | coming down, | — | | | descendit | descendens | coming down, | ܡܢ | coming down, | καταβαίνων | coming down, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | — | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | anyone | τις | anyone | — | | | si | si | anyone | ܫܡܝܐ | anyone | τις | anyone | |||||
εξP66 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | — | | | qui | quis | of | ܕܢܐܟܘܠ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | it | αὐτοῦ | it | — | | | ex | ex | it | ܐܢܫ | it | αὐτοῦ | it | |||||
φαγηP66 · P75 | may eat | φάγῃ | may eat | — | | | et | ipso | may eat | ܡܢܗ | may eat | φάγῃ | may eat | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | manducet | manducaverit | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܘܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
αποθανηP66 · P75 | may die. | ἀποθάνῃ.¶ | may die. | αποθανη | | | moriatur | moriatur | may die. | ܢܡܘܬ | may die. | ἀποθάνῃ | may die. | |||||
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