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 | ||||||||||||
οτανP66 · P75 | While | ὅταν | While | οταν | | | cum | quamdiu | While | ܟܡܐ | While | Ὅταν | While | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | sum | sum | in | ܕܒܥܠܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
κοσμωP66 · P75 | world | κόσμῳ | world | — | | | in | in | world | ܐܢܐ | world | κόσμῳ | world | |||||
φωσP66 · P75 | I may be, | ὦ, | I may be, | ω | | | saeculo | mundo | I may be, | — | — | ὦ | I may be, | |||||
ειμιP66 · P75 | the light | φῶς | the light | φως | | | — | lux | the light | ܢܘܗܪܗ | the light | φῶς | the light | |||||
τουP66 · P75 | I am | εἰμι | I am | ειμει | | | sum | sum | I am | ܐܢܐ | I am | εἰμι | I am | |||||
κοσμουP66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | lumen | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κόσμου.P66 · P75 | world. | κόσμου. | world. | κοσμου | | | mundi | mundi | world. | ܕܥܠܡܐ | world. | κόσμου | world. | |||||
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