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 | | | carnem | Caro | eating | ܡܢ | eating | τρώγων | eating | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of My | μου | of My | μου | | | uibet | enim | of My | — | — | μου | of My | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
σαρκαP66 · P75 | flesh | σάρκα | flesh | σαρκα | | | meam | mea | flesh | ܕܐܟܠ | flesh | σάρκα | flesh | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eum | vere | and | ܦܓܪܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πινωνP66 · P75 | drinking | πίνων | drinking | πεινων | | | — | est | drinking | — | — | πίνων | drinking | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of My | μου | of My | μου | | | — | cibus | of My | ܘܫܬܐ | of My | μου | of My | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
αιμαP66 · P75 | blood | αἷμα | blood | αιμα | | | — | — | — | ܕܡܝ | blood | αἷμα | blood | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | et | et | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
εμοιP66 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμοὶ | Me myself | εμοι | | | sanguem | sanguis | Me myself | ܒܝ | Me myself | ἐμοὶ | Me myself | |||||
μενειP66 · P75 | abides | μένει | abides | μενει | | | meum | meus | abides | ܡܩܘܐ | abides | μένει | abides | |||||
καγωP66 · P75 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | καγω | | | — | vere | and I myself | — | — | κἀγὼ | and I myself | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | est | in | ܘܐܢܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | him. | αὐτῷ. | him. | αυτω | | | — | potus | him. | ܒܗ | him. | αὐτῷ | him. | |||||
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