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 | ||||||||||||
ηP66 · P75 | The | ἡ | The | η | | | enim | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | The | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | — | manducat | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
σαρξP66 · P75 | flesh | σάρξ | flesh | σαρξ | | | mea | meam | flesh | ܓܝܪ | flesh | σάρξ | flesh | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Me | μου | of Me | μου | | | caro | carnem | of Me | — | — | μου | of Me | |||||
αληθησP66 · P75 | true | ἀληθής | true | — | | | — | et | true | ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ | true | ἀληθῶς | true | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστι | | | — | bibit | is | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
βρωσισP66 · P75 | food, | βρῶσις, | food, | βρωσις | | | uere | meum | food, | — | — | βρῶσις | food, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | sanguinem | and | ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
αιμαP66 · P75 | blood | αἷμά | blood | — | | | est | vitam | blood | ܘܕܡܝ | blood | αἷμά | blood | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Me | μου | of Me | — | | | — | æternam | of Me | ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ | of Me | μου | of Me | |||||
αληθησP66 · P75 | true | ἀληθής | true | — | | | — | et | true | — | — | ἀληθῶς | true | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | — | | | — | ego | is | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
ποσισP66 · P75 | drink. | πόσις. | drink. | — | | | esca | resuscitabo | drink. | ܡܫܬܝܐ | drink. | πόσις | drink. | |||||
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