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 | | | hoc | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | ihs | Jesus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | autem | autem | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | εὐθέως | immediately | — | | | audito | audito | immediately | ܫܡܥ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | ||||||
| — | παρακούσας | having ignored | — | | | uerbo | verbo | having ignored | ܠܡܠܬܐ | having ignored | ἀκούσας | having ignored | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | λόγον | word | λογον | | | — | quod | word | ܕܐܡܪܘ | word | λόγον | word | ||||||
| — | λαλούμενον | spoken | — | | | — | dicebatur | spoken | ܘܐܡܪ | spoken | λαλούμενον | spoken | ||||||
| — | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | ait | ait | He says | ܠܗܘ | He says | λέγει | He says | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχισυναγώγῳ· | ruler of the synagogue; | αρχισυναγωγω | | | archisynagogo | archisynagogo | ruler of the synagogue; | ܪܒ | ruler of the synagogue; | ἀρχισυναγώγῳ | ruler of the synagogue; | ||||||
| — | μὴ | Not | μη | | | noli | Noli | Not | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | ||||||
| — | φοβοῦ, | do fear, | φοβου | | | timere | timere | do fear, | ܠܐ | do fear, | φοβοῦ | do fear, | ||||||
| — | μόνον | only | μονον | | | tantummodo | tantummodo | only | ܬܕܚܠ | only | μόνον | only | ||||||
| — | πίστευε. | do believe. | πιστευε | | | crede | crede | do believe. | ܒܠܚܘܕ | do believe. | πίστευε | do believe. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 5:38 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||