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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | He who | ὁ | He who | ο | | | hoc | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | He who | |||||
ωνP66 · P75 | is | ὢν | is | ων | | | qui | Qui | is | ܡܢ | is | ὢν | is | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | ex | ex | of | ܕܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP66 · P75 | God | θεοῦ | God | θυ | | | deo | Deo | God | ܐܠܗܐ | God | θεοῦ | God | |||||
ταP66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ρηματαP66 · P75 | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | ρηματα | | | est | est | declarations | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP66 · P75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | uera | verba | of God | ܡܠܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
ακουειP66 · P75 | hears; | ἀκούει· | hears; | ακουει | | | dei | Dei | hears; | ܕܐܠܗܐ | hears; | ἀκούει | hears; | |||||
διαP66 · P75 | because of | διὰ | because of | δια | | | audit | audit | because of | ܫܡܥ | because of | διὰ | because of | |||||
τουτοP66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | propter | Propterea | this | ܡܛܠ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
υμεισP66 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܗܢܐ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܐܢܬܘܢ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ακουεταιP66 · P75 | hear, | ἀκούετε, | hear, | ακουετε | | | auditis | auditis | hear, | ܠܐ | hear, | ἀκούετε | hear, | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | — | | | — | quia | because | ܫܡܥܝܢ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | of | ἐκ | of | — | | | — | ex | of | ܐܢܬܘܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP66 · P75 | God | θεοῦ | God | — | | | — | Deo | God | ܡܛܠ | God | θεοῦ | God | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | — | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εστεP66 · P75 | you are. | ἐστέ.¶ | you are. | — | | | — | estis | you are. | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | you are. | ἐστέ | you are. | |||||
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