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 | ||||||||||||
οιP66 · P75 | The | οἱ | The | οι | | | ille | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | The | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | iudaei | Judæi | therefore | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
ιουδαιοιP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | ϊουδαιοι | | | ergo | ergo | Jews | ܕܝܢ | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | |||||
εζητουνP66 · P75 | were seeking | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | εζητουν | | | querebant | quærebant | were seeking | ܒܥܝܢ | were seeking | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܗܘܘ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | at | ἐν | at | εν | | | in | in | at | ܠܗ | at | ἐν | at | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
εορτηP66 · P75 | feast | ἑορτῇ | feast | εορτη | | | die | die | feast | — | — | ἑορτῇ | feast | |||||
ελεγονP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | festo | festo | and | ܒܥܕܥܕܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πουP66 · P75 | were saying; | ἔλεγον· | were saying; | ελεγον | | | et | et | were saying; | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | were saying; | ἔλεγον | were saying; | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | Where | ποῦ | Where | που | | | dicebant | dicebant | Where | ܗܘܘ | Where | Ποῦ | Where | |||||
εκεινοσP66 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | ubi | Ubi | is | ܐܝܟܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
ἐκεῖνος;P66 · P75 | He? | ἐκεῖνος; | He? | εκεινος | | | est | est | He? | ܗܘ | He? | ἐκεῖνος | He? | |||||
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