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 | ||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܬܕܥܘܢ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
γνωσεσθεP66 · P75 | you will know | γνώσεσθε | you will know | — | | | cognoscetis | cognoscetis | you will know | — | — | γνώσεσθε | you will know | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | liuerabit | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
αληθειανP66 · P75 | truth, | ἀλήθειαν, | truth, | αληθειαν | | | ueritatem | veritatem | truth, | ܫܪܪܐ | truth, | ἀλήθειαν | truth, | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αληθιαP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
ελευθερωσειP66 · P75 | truth | ἀλήθεια | truth | αληθεια | | | ueritas | veritas | truth | — | — | ἀλήθεια | truth | |||||
υμασP66 · P75 | will set free | ἐλευθερώσει | will set free | ελευθερωσει | | | — | liberabit | will set free | ܫܪܪܐ | will set free | ἐλευθερώσει | will set free | |||||
ὑμᾶς.¶P66 · P75 | you. | ὑμᾶς.¶ | you. | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you. | ܢܚܪܪܟܘܢ | you. | ὑμᾶς | you. | |||||
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