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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
εαP66 · P75 | If | ἐάν | If | εαν | | | si | Si | If | ܡܢ | If | Ἐάν | If | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | anyone | τις | anyone | τις | | | quis | quis | anyone | ܕܨܒܐ | anyone | τις | anyone | |||||
θεληP66 · P75 | shall desire | θέλῃ | shall desire | θελη | | | uoluerit | voluerit | shall desire | ܕܢܥܒܕ | shall desire | θέλῃ | shall desire | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | sciet | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θελημαP66 · P75 | will | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | uoluntatem | voluntatem | will | ܨܒܝܢܗ | will | θέλημα | will | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܡܤܬܟܠ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ποιεινP66 · P75 | to do, | ποιεῖν, | to do, | ποιειν | | | facere | facere | to do, | ܝܘܠܦܢܝ | to do, | ποιεῖν | to do, | |||||
γνωσεταιP66 · P75 | he will know | γνώσεται | he will know | γνωσεται | | | — | cognoscet | he will know | ܐܢ | he will know | γνώσεται | he will know | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܡܢ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
διδαχησP66 · P75 | teaching | διδαχῆς | teaching | διδαχης | | | doctrina | doctrina | teaching | — | — | διδαχῆς | teaching | |||||
ποτερονP66 · P75 | whether | πότερον | whether | ποτερον | | | utrum | utrum | whether | ܐܠܗܐ | whether | πότερον | whether | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | ex | ex | from | ܗܘ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
θυP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | God | θεοῦ | God | θυ | | | deo | Deo | God | ܐܘ | God | θεοῦ | God | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | εστιν | | | est | sit | it is | ܐܢܐ | it is | ἐστιν | it is | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | an | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
απP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܨܒܘܬ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
εμαυτουP66 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | a | a | from | ܢܦܫܝ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
λαλωP66 · P75 | Myself | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself | εμαυτου | | | me | meipso | Myself | ܡܡܠܠ | Myself | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself | |||||
λαλῶ.P66 · P75 | speak. | λαλῶ. | speak. | λαλω | | | loquor | loquar | speak. | ܐܢܐ | speak. | λαλῶ | speak. | |||||
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