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 | ||||||||||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
ζητωP66 · P75 | seek | ζητῶ | seek | ζητω | | | quaero | quæro | seek | ܒܥܐ | seek | ζητῶ | seek | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | iudicat | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξανP66 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | gloriam | gloriam | glory | ܐܢܐ | glory | δόξαν | glory | |||||
μουP66 · P75 | of Mine; | μου· | of Mine; | μου | | | meam | meam | of Mine; | ܫܘܒܚܝ | of Mine; | μου | of Mine; | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 | there is | ἔστιν | there is | εστιν | | | est | est | there is | ܐܝܬ | there is | ἔστιν | there is | |||||
οP66 · P75 | One | ὁ | One | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | One | |||||
ζητωνP66 · P75 | seeking it | ζητῶν | seeking it | ζητων | | | qui | qui | seeking it | ܗܘ | seeking it | ζητῶν | seeking it | |||||
κρινωνP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | quaerit | quærat | and | ܕܒܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
κρίνων.¶P66 · P75 | judging. | κρίνων.¶ | judging. | κρεινων | | | et | et | judging. | ܘܕܐܢ | judging. | κρίνων | judging. | |||||
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