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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | Says | λέγει | Says | λεγει | | | dicit | Dixit | Says | ܐܡܪ | Says | Λέγει | Says | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | Nicodemus | Νικόδημος | Nicodemus | νεικοδημος | | | nicodemus | Nicodemus | Nicodemus | ܠܗܘܢ | Nicodemus | Νικόδημος | Nicodemus | |||||
νικοδημοσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܢܝܩܕܡܘܤ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | them, | αὐτούς, | them, | αυτους | | | illis | eos | them, | — | — | αὐτούς- | them, | |||||
αυτουσP66 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | — | | | illos | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
οP66 · P75 | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | — | | | qui | qui | having come | ܚܕ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | |||||
ελθωνP66 · P75 | at night | νυκτὸς | at night | — | | | uenit | venit | at night | ܡܢܗܘܢ | at night | νυκτὸς | at night | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | ad | ad | to | ܗܘ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | — | eum | Him | ܕܐܬܐ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | nocte | — | — | — | — | εἷς | the | |||||
προτερονP66 · P75 | former | πρότερον, | former | — | | | illum | qui | former | ܗܘܐ | former | ὢν | former | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | — | — | ἐξ | one | |||||
ωνP66 · P75 | being | ὢν | being | ων | | | ante | erat | being | ܠܘܬ | being | αὐτῶν- | being | |||||
εξP66 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | ܝܫܘܥ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP66 · P75 | them; | αὐτῶν· | them; | αυτων | | | hoc | ipsis | them; | ܒܠܠܝܐ | them; | αὐτῶν· | them; | |||||
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