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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | in | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
αφP66 · P75 | from | ἀφ᾽ | from | αφ | | | qui | Qui | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀφ’ | from | |||||
εαυτουP66 · P75 | himself | ἑαυτοῦ | himself | εαυτου | | | ab | a | himself | ܕܡܢ | himself | ἑαυτοῦ | himself | |||||
λαλωP66 · P75 | speaking | λαλῶν | speaking | λαλων | | | se | semetipso | speaking | ܨܒܘܬ | speaking | λαλῶν | speaking | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | suam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξανP66 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | loquitur | loquitur | glory | ܪܥܝܢܗ | glory | δόξαν | glory | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | non | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
ιδιανP66 · P75 | their own | ἰδίαν | their own | ϊδιαν | | | gloriam | gloriam | their own | ܡܡܠܠ | their own | ἰδίαν | their own | |||||
ζητειP66 · P75 | seeks; | ζητεῖ· | seeks; | ζητει | | | — | propriam | seeks; | ܫܘܒܚܐ | seeks; | ζητεῖ | seeks; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the One | ὁ | the One | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | quaerit | quærit | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ζητωνP66 · P75 | seeking | ζητῶν | seeking | ζητων | | | qui | qui | seeking | ܒܥܐ | seeking | ζητῶν | seeking | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | quaerit | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξανP66 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | autem | autem | glory | ܗܘ | glory | δόξαν | glory | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | of the One who | τοῦ | of the One who | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the One who | |||||
πεμψατοσP66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψαντος | having sent | πεμψαντος | | | eo | quærit | having sent | ܕܝܢ | having sent | πέμψαντος | having sent | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him, | αὐτόν, | Him, | αυτον | | | gloriam | gloriam | Him, | ܕܫܘܒܚܐ | Him, | αὐτόν | Him, | |||||
ουτοσP66 · P75 | He | οὗτος | He | ουτος | | | eius | ejus | He | ܕܡܢ | He | οὗτος | He | |||||
αληθησP66 · P75 | true | ἀληθής | true | αληθης | | | qui | qui | true | ܕܫܕܪܗ | true | ἀληθής | true | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is, | ἐστιν, | is, | εστιν | | | misit | misit | is, | ܒܥܐ | is, | ἐστιν | is, | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eum | eum | and | ܫܪܝܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αδικιαP66 · P75 | unrighteousness | ἀδικία | unrighteousness | αδικια | | | hic | hic | unrighteousness | ܗܘ | unrighteousness | ἀδικία | unrighteousness | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | uerus | verax | in | ܘܥܘܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | est | est | Him | ܒܠܒܗ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | et | et | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | is. | ἔστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | iniquitas | injustitia | is. | ܐܝܬ | is. | ἔστιν | is. | |||||
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