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 | ||||||||||||
οP19 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | discipulos | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP19 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | iohannes | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ιωαννησP19 | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ϊωαννης | | | autem | Joannes | John | ܕܝܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | |||||
ακουσασP19 | having heard | ἀκούσας | having heard | ακουσας | | | — | cum audisset | when he heard | ܟܕ | having heard | ἀκούσας | having heard | |||||
ενP19 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | audiens | in | in | ܫܡܥ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP19 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | carcerem | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
δεσμωτηριωP19 | prison | δεσμωτηρίῳ | prison | δεσμωτηριω | | | in | vinculis | chains | ܒܝܬ | prison | δεσμωτηρίῳ | prison | |||||
ταP19 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
εργαP19 | works | ἔργα | works | εργα | | | — | opera | works | ܐܤܝܪܐ | works | ἔργα | works | |||||
τουP19 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | ihu | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
χριστουP19 | Christ, | Χριστοῦ, | Christ, | — | | | opera | Christi | of Christ | ܥܒܕܘܗܝ | Christ, | χριστοῦ | Christ, | |||||
πεμψασP19 | having sent | πέμψας | having sent | πεμψας | | | — | mittens duos | sending two | ܕܡܫܝܚܐ | having sent | πέμψας | having sent | |||||
διαP19 | on account of | διὰ | on account of | δια | | | mittens | de | of | ܫܕܪ | on account of | δύο | on account of | |||||
τωνP19 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | per | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
μαθητωνP19 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | — | discipulis | disciples | ܒܝܕ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | |||||
αυτουP19 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | suos | suis | his | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
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