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 | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܝܫܘܥ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | caeci | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | For | εἰς | For | — | | | in | In | For | ܠܕܝܢܗ | For | Εἰς | For | |||||
κριμαP66 · P75 | judgment | κρίμα | judgment | — | | | iudicium | judicium | judgment | ܕܥܠܡܐ | judgment | κρίμα | judgment | |||||
εγωP66 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | — | — | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
ηλθονP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܗܢܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | fiant | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
τονP66 · P75 | world | κόσμον | world | — | | | hunc | hunc | world | ܐܬܝܬ | world | κόσμον | world | |||||
κοσμοP66 · P75 | this | τοῦτον | this | — | | | mundo | mundum | this | — | — | τοῦτον | this | |||||
τουτονP66 · P75 | came, | ἦλθον, | came, | ηλθον | | | ueni | veni | came, | ܕܐܝܠܝܢ | came, | ἦλθον | came, | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܠܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | qui | qui | not | ܚܙܝܢ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
βλεποντεσP66 · P75 | seeing | βλέποντες | seeing | βλεποντες | | | non | non | seeing | — | — | βλέποντες | seeing | |||||
βλεπωσινP66 · P75 | may see | βλέπωσιν | may see | βλεπωσιν | | | uident | vident | may see | ܢܚܙܘܢ | may see | βλέπωσιν | may see | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | uideant | videant | and | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
βλεποντεσP66 · P75 | seeing | βλέποντες | seeing | βλεποντες | | | et | et | seeing | — | — | βλέποντες | seeing | |||||
τυφλοιP66 · P75 | blind | τυφλοὶ | blind | τυφλοι | | | qui | qui | blind | ܕܚܙܝܢ | blind | τυφλοὶ | blind | |||||
γενωνταιP66 · P75 | may become. | γένωνται.¶ | may become. | γενωνται | | | uident | vident | may become. | ܢܤܡܘܢ | may become. | γένωνται | may become. | |||||
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