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 | ||||||||||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | Even as | καθὼς | Even as | καθως | | | qui | qui | Even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Even as | Καθὼς | Even as | |||||
απεσταλκενP66 · P75 | sent | ἀπέστειλέν | sent | — | | | sicut | manducat | sent | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | sent | ἀπέστειλέν | sent | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | meam | Me | ܐܒܐ | Me | με | Me | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | misit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ζωνP66 · P75 | living | ζῶν | living | ζων | | | uiuus | carnem | living | ܚܝܐ | living | ζῶν | living | |||||
πατηρP66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | et | et | Father | ܘܐܢܐ | Father | πατήρ | Father | |||||
καγωP66 · P75 | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | καγω | | | pater | bibit | and I myself | ܚܝ | and I myself | κἀγὼ | and I myself | |||||
ζωP66 · P75 | live | ζῶ | live | ζω | | | me | meum | live | ܐܢܐ | live | ζῶ | live | |||||
διαP66 · P75 | because of | διὰ | because of | δια | | | uiuo | — | — | — | — | διὰ | because of | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | propter | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP66 · P75 | Father, | πατέρα, | Father, | πατερα | | | patrem | sanguinem | Father, | ܡܛܠ | Father, | πατέρα | Father, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | accipit | in | also | ܐܒܐ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
τρωγωνP66 · P75 | feeding on | τρώγων | feeding on | — | | | me | me | feeding on | ܘܡܢ | feeding on | τρώγων | feeding on | |||||
μεP66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | uiuet | manet | Me | ܕܢܐܟܠܢܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
κακεινοσP66 · P75 | he also | κἀκεῖνος | he also | κακεινος | | | et | et | he also | ܐܦ | he also | κἀκεῖνος | he also | |||||
ζησεταιP66 · P75 | will live | ζήσει | will live | — | | | ego | ego | will live | ܗܘ | will live | ζήσεται | will live | |||||
διP66 · P75 | because of | δι᾽ | because of | δι | | | propter | in | because of | ܢܚܐ | because of | δι’ | because of | |||||
εμεP66 · P75 | Me myself. | ἐμέ. | Me myself. | εμε | | | ille | illo | Me myself. | ܡܛܠܬܝ | Me myself. | ἐμέ | Me myself. | |||||
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