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 | ||||||||||||
τοP45 | The | τὸ | The | το | | | iohannis | — | — | — | — | Τὸ | The | |||||
βαπτισμαP45 | baptism | βάπτισμα | baptism | βαπτισμα | | | baptisma | Baptismus | baptism | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | baptism | βάπτισμα | baptism | |||||
τοP45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰωάννου | <the> | |||||
ιωαννουP45 | of John | Ἰωάννου | of John | ϊωαννου | | | — | Joannis | of John | ܐܝܡܟܐ | of John | ἐξ | of John | |||||
εξP45 | from | ἐξ | from | εξ | | | de | de | from | ܗܝ | from | οὐρανοῦ | from | |||||
ουρανουP45 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | — | | | caelo | cælo | heaven | ܡܢ | heaven | ἦν | heaven | |||||
ηνP45 | was it | ἦν | was it | ην | | | erat | erat | was it | ܫܡܝܐ | was it | ἢ | was it | |||||
ηP45 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | an | — | — | — | — | ἐξ | or | |||||
εξP45 | from | ἐξ | from | εξ | | | ex | ex | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀνθρώπων | from | |||||
ανθρωπωνP45 | men? | ἀνθρώπων; | men? | ανθρωπων | | | hominibus | hominibus | men? | ܒܢܝ | men? | Ἀποκρίθητέ | men? | |||||
αποκριθητεP45 | do answer | ἀποκρίθητέ | do answer | αποκριθητε | | | respondete | Respondete | do answer | ܐܢܫܐ | do answer | μοι | do answer | |||||
μοιP45 | Me. | μοι. | Me. | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | Me. | ܐܡܪܘ | Me. | μοι. | Me. | |||||
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