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 | ||||||||||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | aeternum | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | Now | δὲ | Now | δε | | | seruus | Servus | Now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | Now | |||||
δουλοσP66 · P75 | the slave | δοῦλος | the slave | δουλος | | | autem | autem | the slave | — | — | δοῦλος | the slave | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
μενειP66 · P75 | abides | μένει | abides | μενει | | | manet | manet | abides | ܡܩܘܐ | abides | μένει | abides | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
οικιαP66 · P75 | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | — | | | domum | domo | house | ܠܥܠܡ | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܒܒܝܬܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
αιωναP66 · P75 | age; | αἰῶνα· | age; | — | | | — | æternum | age; | — | — | αἰῶνα | age; | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | but | δὲ | but | — | | | filius | filius | but | ܕܝܢ | but | υἱὸς | but | |||||
υσP66 · P75 | son | υἱὸς | son | — | | | autem | autem | son | ܕܝܢ | son | μένει | son | |||||
μενειP66 · P75 | abides | μένει | abides | — | | | manet | manet | abides | — | — | εἰς | abides | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܥܠܡ | to | τὸν | to | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | αἰῶνα | the | |||||
αιωναP66 · P75 | age. | αἰῶνα. | age. | αιωνα | | | aeternum | æternum | age. | ܡܩܘܐ | age. | αἰῶνα. | age. | |||||
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