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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
τρωγωνP66 · P75 | eating | τρώγων | eating | τρωγων | | | edet | ergo | eating | ܡܢ | eating | τρώγων | eating | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of My | μου | of My | — | | | uibet | eis | of My | ܕܐܟܠ | of My | μου | of My | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
σαρκαP66 · P75 | flesh | σάρκα | flesh | σαρκαν | | | eius | Amen | flesh | ܕܝܢ | flesh | σάρκα | flesh | |||||
πινωνP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | uitam | amen | and | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | drinking | πίνων | drinking | πεινων | | | aeternam | dico | drinking | ܦܓܪܝ | drinking | πίνων | drinking | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | of My | μου | of My | — | | | et | vobis | of My | ܘܫܬܐ | of My | μου | of My | |||||
αιμαP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | ego | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
εχειP66 · P75 | blood | αἷμα | blood | αιμα | | | resuscitabo | manducaveritis | blood | ܡܢ | blood | αἷμα | blood | |||||
ζωηνP66 · P75 | has | ἔχει | has | εχει | | | carnem | carnem | has | ܕܡܝ | has | ἔχει | has | |||||
αιωνιονP66 · P75 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | — | Filii | life | ܐܝܬ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
καγωP66 · P75 | eternal, | αἰώνιον, | eternal, | αιωνιον | | | illum | hominis | eternal, | ܠܗ | eternal, | αἰώνιον | eternal, | |||||
αναστησωP66 · P75 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | καγω | | | et | et | and I myself | ܚܝܐ | and I myself | καὶ | and I myself | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | will raise up | ἀναστήσω | will raise up | αναστησω | | | nouissimo | biberitis | will raise up | ܕܠܥܠܡ | will raise up | ἐγὼ | will raise up | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eius | ejus | him | ܘܐܢܐ | him | ἀναστήσω | him | |||||
εσχατηP66 · P75 | in the | τῇ | in the | τη | | | sanguem | sanguinem | in the | — | — | αὐτὸν | in the | |||||
ημεραP66 · P75 | last | ἐσχάτῃ | last | εσχατη | | | die | non | last | ܐܩܝܡܝܘܗܝ | last | τῇ | last | |||||
ἡμέρᾳ.P66 · P75 | day. | ἡμέρᾳ. | day. | ημερα | | | habet | habebitis | day. | ܒܝܘܡܐ | day. | ἐσχάτῃ | day. | |||||
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