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 | ||||||||||||
εκP66 · P75 | Out of | ἐκ | Out of | εκ | | | a | A | Out of | ܡܢ | Out of | Ἐκ | Out of | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | saeculo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
αιωνοσP66 · P75 | age | αἰῶνος | age | αιωνος | | | non | non | age | ܥܠܡ | age | αἰῶνος | age | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | never | οὐκ | never | ουκ | | | est | est | never | ܠܐ | never | οὐκ | never | |||||
ηκουσθηP66 · P75 | it has been heard | ἠκούσθη | it has been heard | ηκουσθη | | | auditum | auditum | it has been heard | ܐܫܬܡܥܬ | it has been heard | ἠκούσθη | it has been heard | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ηνοιξενP66 · P75 | opened | ἠνέῳξέν | opened | — | | | quis | quis | opened | ܕܦܬܚ | opened | ἤνοιξέν | opened | |||||
τισP66 · P75 | anyone | τις | anyone | τις | | | aperuit | aperuit | anyone | ܐܢܫ | anyone | τις | anyone | |||||
οφθαλμουσP66 · P75 | the eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | the eyes | οφθαλμους | | | oculos | oculos | the eyes | ܥܝܢܐ | the eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | the eyes | |||||
τυφλουP66 · P75 | of one blind | τυφλοῦ | of one blind | τυφλου | | | caeci | cæci | of one blind | ܕܤܡܝܐ | of one blind | τυφλοῦ | of one blind | |||||
γεγεννημενουP66 · P75 | born. | γεγεννημένου. | born. | γεγεννημενου | | | nati | nati | born. | ܕܐܬܝܠܕ | born. | γεγεννημένου | born. | |||||
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