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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | But | δε | | | iohannes | Joannes | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννης | John | ϊωαννης | | | autem | autem | John | ܕܝܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| — | διεκώλυεν | was hindering | — | | | prohibebat | prohibebat | was hindering | ܝܘܚܢܢ | was hindering | διεκώλυεν | was hindering | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܟܠܐ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | ||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܗܘܐ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| — | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܠܗ | I myself | Ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| — | χρείαν | need | χριαν | | | abs | a | need | ܘܐܡܪ | need | χρείαν | need | ||||||
| — | ἔχω | have | εχω | | | opus | — | — | — | — | ἔχω | have | ||||||
| — | ὑπὸ | by | ϋπο | | | te | te | by | ܐܢܐ | by | ὑπὸ | by | ||||||
| — | σοῦ | You | — | | | habeo | debeo | You | ܤܢܝܩ | You | σοῦ | You | ||||||
| — | βαπτισθῆναι, | to be baptized, | — | | | baptizari | baptizari | to be baptized, | ܐܢܐ | to be baptized, | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܕܡܢܟ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | tu | tu | You yourself | ܐܬܥܡܕ | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | ||||||
| — | ἔρχῃ | come | ερχη | | | uenis | venis | come | ܘܐܢܬ | come | ἔρχῃ | come | ||||||
| — | πρός | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬܝ | to | πρός | to | ||||||
| — | με; | me? | με | | | me | me | me? | ܐܬܝܬ | me? | με | me? | ||||||
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