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 | ||||||||||||
καιP39 · P66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εανP39 · P66 · P75 | if | ἐὰν | if | εαν | | | si | si | if | ܕܐܢ | if | ἐὰν | if | |||||
κρινωP39 · P66 · P75 | shall judge | κρίνω | shall judge | κρινω | | | iudico | judico | shall judge | — | — | κρίνω | shall judge | |||||
δεP39 · P66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | ego | ego | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εγωP39 · P66 · P75 | I myself, | ἐγώ, | I myself, | εγω | | | iudicium | judicium | I myself, | ܕܝܢ | I myself, | ἐγώ | I myself, | |||||
ηP39 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | tamen | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
κρισισP39 · P66 · P75 | judgment | κρίσις | judgment | κρισις | | | meum | meum | judgment | ܕܝܢܝ | judgment | κρίσις | judgment | |||||
ηP39 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
εμηP39 · P66 · P75 | My | ἐμὴ | My | εμη | | | uerum | verum | My | ܫܪܝܪ | My | ἐμὴ | My | |||||
αληθινηP39 · P66 · P75 | true | ἀληθινή | true | αληθινη | | | est | est | true | — | — | ἀληθής | true | |||||
εστινP39 · P66 · P75 | is, | ἐστιν, | is, | εστιν | | | qui | quia | is, | ܗܘ | is, | ἐστιν | is, | |||||
οτιP39 · P66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | solus | solus | because | ܡܛܠ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
μονοσP39 · P66 · P75 | alone | μόνος | alone | μονος | | | non | non | alone | ܕܠܐ | alone | μόνος | alone | |||||
ουκP39 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | sum | sum | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
ειμιP39 · P66 · P75 | I am, | εἰμί, | I am, | — | | | sed | sed | I am, | ܗܘܝܬ | I am, | εἰμί | I am, | |||||
αλλP39 · P66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | ego | ego | but | ܒܠܚܘܕܝ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
εγωP39 · P66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | et | et | I myself | ܐܠܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
καιP39 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | quoniam | qui | and | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP39 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πεμψασP39 · P66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψας | having sent | πεμψας | | | misit | misit | having sent | — | — | πέμψας | having sent | |||||
μεP39 · P66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | ܘܐܒܝ | Me | με | Me | |||||
πηρP39 · P66 · P75 | Father. | πατήρ. | Father. | — | | | ego | Pater | Father. | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | Father. | πατήρ | Father. | |||||
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