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 | | | uiuae | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
πιστευωP66 · P75 | believing | πιστεύων | believing | πιστευων | | | qui | Qui | believing | ܟܠ | believing | πιστεύων | believing | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | credit | credit | in | ܡܢ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
εμεP66 · P75 | Me myself, | ἐμέ, | Me myself, | εμε | | | in | in | Me myself, | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | Me myself, | ἐμέ | Me myself, | |||||
καθωσP66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | me | me | even as | ܒܝ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | has said | εἶπεν | has said | ειπεν | | | sicut | sicut | has said | ܐܝܟܢܐ | has said | εἶπεν | has said | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
γραφηP66 · P75 | Scripture: | γραφή, | Scripture: | γραφη | | | — | dicit | Scripture: | ܕܐܡܪܘ | Scripture: | γραφή | Scripture: | |||||
ποταμοιP66 · P75 | Rivers | ποταμοὶ | Rivers | ποταμοι | | | scriptura | Scriptura | Rivers | ܟܬܒܐ | Rivers | ποταμοὶ | Rivers | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | flumina | flumina | out of | ܢܗܪܘܬܐ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
κοιλιασP66 · P75 | belly | κοιλίας | belly | κοιλιας | | | dentre | de | belly | ܕܡܝܐ | belly | κοιλίας | belly | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | — | ventre | of him | ܚܝܐ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ρευσουσιP66 · P75 | will flow | ῥεύσουσιν | will flow | ρευσουσιν | | | eius | ejus | will flow | ܢܪܕܘܢ | will flow | ῥεύσουσιν | will flow | |||||
υδατοσP66 · P75 | of water | ὕδατος | of water | ϋδατος | | | fluent | fluent | of water | ܡܢ | of water | ὕδατος | of water | |||||
ζωντοσP66 · P75 | living. | ζῶντος. | living. | ζωντος | | | aquae | aquæ | living. | ܟܪܤܗ | living. | ζῶντος | living. | |||||
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