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 | ܘܐܝܟܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὅπου | wherever | — | | | quocumque | quocumque | wherever | ܕܥܐܠ | wherever | ὅπου | wherever | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | intraibat | introibat | maybe | — | — | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | εἰσεπορεύετο | He was entering | εισεπορευετο | | | in | in | He was entering | ܗܘܐ | He was entering | εἰσεπορεύετο | He was entering | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | uicos | vicos | into | ܠܩܘܪܝܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | κώμας | villages | κωμας | | | uel | vel | villages | ܘܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ | villages | κώμας | villages | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | in | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | infirmos | — | — | ܒܫܘܩܐ | into | πόλεις | into | ||||||
| — | πόλεις | cities | — | | | uillas | villas | cities | ܤܝܡܝܢ | cities | ἢ | cities | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | — | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἀγρούς | or | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | — | | | ciuitates | civitates | into | ܗܘܘ | into | ἐν | into | ||||||
| — | ἀγροὺς | fields | αγρους | | | in | in | fields | ܟܪܝܗܐ | fields | ταῖς | fields | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | plateis | plateis | in | ܘܒܥܝܢ | in | ἀγοραῖς | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐτίθουν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀγοραῖς | marketplaces | — | | | ponebant | ponebant | marketplaces | — | — | τοὺς | marketplaces | ||||||
| — | ἐτίθεσαν | they were laying | — | | | in | infirmos | they were laying | ܗܘܘ | they were laying | ἀσθενοῦντας | they were laying | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | those | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | those | ||||||
| — | ἀσθενοῦντας | ailing | ασθενουντας | | | et | et | ailing | ܡܢܗ | ailing | παρεκάλουν | ailing | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | depraecabantur | deprecabantur | and | ܕܐܦܢ | and | αὐτὸν | and | ||||||
| — | παρεκάλουν | were begging | παρεκαλουν | | | eum | eum | were begging | — | — | ἵνα | were begging | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | ut | ut | Him | ܠܟܢܦܐ | Him | κἂν | Him | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | uel | vel | that | ܕܠܒܘܫܗ | that | τοῦ | that | ||||||
| — | κἂν | only | καν | | | fimbriam | fimbriam | only | ܢܩܪܒܘܢ | only | κρασπέδου | only | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | κρασπέδου | fringe | κρασπεδου | | | uestimenti | vestimenti | fringe | — | — | ἱματίου | fringe | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱματίου | clothing | ϊματιου | | | — | — | — | ܘܟܠܗܘܢ | clothing | ἅψωνται | clothing | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܐܝܠܝܢ | of Him | καὶ | of Him | ||||||
| — | ἅψωνται, | they shall touch, | αψωνται | | | tangerent | tangerent | they shall touch, | — | — | ὅσοι | they shall touch, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܩܪܒܝܢ | and | ἂν | and | ||||||
| — | ὅσοι | as many as | οσοι | | | quodquod | quotquot | as many as | ܗܘܘ | as many as | ἥπτοντο | as many as | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | — | | | tangebant | tangebant | maybe | ܠܗ | maybe | αὐτοῦ | maybe | ||||||
| — | ἥψαντο | touched | ηψαντο | | | eum | eum | touched | — | — | ἐσῴζοντο | touched | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | Him | — | | | salui | salvi | Him | ܡܬܐܤܝܢ | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | ||||||
| — | ἐσῴζοντο.¶ | were being healed. | εσωζοντο | | | fiebant | fiebant | were being healed. | ܗܘܘ | were being healed. | ἐσῴζοντο.¶ | were being healed. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 7:3 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||