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 | ܟܕ | And | Ὅτε | And | ||||||
| — | ὅτε | when | οτε | | | cum | cum | when | ܗܘܘ | when | δὲ | when | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | — | | | esset | esset | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ἐγένετο | now | ||||||
| — | ἐγένετο | He was | εγενετο | | | signularis | singularis | He was | — | — | καταμόνας | He was | ||||||
| — | κατὰ | utterly | κατα | | | interrogauerunt | interrogaverunt | utterly | ܒܠܚܘܕܝܗܘܢ | utterly | ἠρώτησαν | utterly | ||||||
| — | μόνας, | alone, | μονας | | | — | eum | alone, | ܫܐܠܘܗܝ | alone, | αὐτὸν | alone, | ||||||
| — | ἠρώτων | they were asking | — | | | illum | hi | they were asking | ܗܢܘܢ | they were asking | οἱ | they were asking | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | discipuli | qui | Him | ܕܥܡܗ | Him | περὶ | Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | those | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτὸν | those | ||||||
| — | περὶ | around | — | | | eius | cum | around | ܥܡ | around | σὺν | around | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | — | eo | Him | — | — | τοῖς | Him | ||||||
| — | σὺν | with | — | | | quae | erant | with | ܬܪܥܤܪܬܗ | with | δώδεκα | with | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | — | | | esset | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | Twelve | — | | | — | duodecim | Twelve | ܡܬܠܐ | Twelve | παραβολήν | Twelve | ||||||
| — | τὰς | about the | — | | | ista | — | — | — | — | τὰς | about the | ||||||
| — | παραβολάς. | parables. | — | | | parauola | parabolam | parables. | ܗܘ | parables. | παραβολάς. | parables. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||