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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP39 · P66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ειμιP39 · P66 · P75 | am | εἰμι | am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | |||||
οP39 · P66 · P75 | the One | ὁ | the One | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | |||||
μαρτυρωνP39 · P66 · P75 | bearing witness | μαρτυρῶν | bearing witness | μαρτυρων | | | testimonium | testimonium | bearing witness | ܕܤܗܕ | bearing witness | μαρτυρῶν | bearing witness | |||||
περιP39 · P66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | do | perhibeo | concerning | — | — | περὶ | concerning | |||||
εμαυτουP39 · P66 · P75 | Myself, | ἐμαυτοῦ, | Myself, | εμαυτου | | | de | de | Myself, | ܐܢܐ | Myself, | ἐμαυτοῦ | Myself, | |||||
καιP39 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | me | meipso | and | ܥܠ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μαρτυρειP39 · P66 · P75 | bears witness | μαρτυρεῖ | bears witness | μαρτυρι | | | et | et | bears witness | ܢܦܫܝ | bears witness | μαρτυρεῖ | bears witness | |||||
περιP39 · P66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | testimonium | testimonium | concerning | ܘܐܒܝ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
εμουP39 · P66 · P75 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | εμου | | | — | perhibet | Me | — | — | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
οP39 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | de | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πεμψασP39 · P66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψας | having sent | πεμψας | | | me | me | having sent | ܕܫܕܪܢܝ | having sent | πέμψας | having sent | |||||
μεP39 · P66 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | qui | qui | Me | ܤܗܕ | Me | με | Me | |||||
πηρP39 · P66 · P75 | Father. | πατήρ. | Father. | πατηρ | | | misit | misit | Father. | ܥܠܝ | Father. | πατήρ | Father. | |||||
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