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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܢܒܙܚܘܢ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐμπαίξουσιν | they will mock | — | | | inludent | illudent | they will mock | — | — | ἐμπαίξουσιν | they will mock | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | — | ei | Him | ܒܗ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐμπτύσουσιν | will spit upon | — | | | conspuent | conspuent | will spit upon | ܘܢܢܓܕܘܢܝܗܝ | will spit upon | μαστιγώσουσιν | will spit upon | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | eum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτόν | Him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܢܪܩܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μαστιγώσουσιν | will flog | — | | | — | flagellabunt | will flog | — | — | ἐμπτύσουσιν | will flog | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | — | — | — | ܒܐܦܘܗܝ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | eum | eum | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀποκτενοῦσιν | will kill | — | | | post | et | will kill | ܘܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ | will kill | ἀποκτενοῦσιν | will kill | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν, | him | — | | | — | interficient | him | — | — | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | eum | and | ܘܠܝܘܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | on the | μετα | | | — | et | on the | — | — | τῇ | on the | ||||||
| — | τρεῖς | third | τρις | | | tres | tertia | third | ܕܬܠܬܐ | third | τρίτῃ | third | ||||||
| — | ἡμέρας | day | ημερας | | | dies | die | day | — | — | ἡμέρᾳ | day | ||||||
| — | ἀναστήσεται.¶ | He will rise again. | αναστησεται | | | resurget | resurget | He will rise again. | ܢܩܘܡ | He will rise again. | ἀναστήσεται | He will rise again. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||