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 | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὅτε | when | οτε | | | cum | cum | when | ܕܝܢ | when | ὅτε | when | ||||||
| — | εἰσῆλθεν | He went | εισηλθεν | | | introisset | introisset | He went | ܥܠ | He went | εἰσῆλθεν | He went | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܝܫܘܥ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | οἶκον | the house | — | | | domum | domum | the house | ܠܒܝܬܐ | the house | οἶκον | the house | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | a | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλου, | crowd, | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὄχλου | crowd, | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτων | were asking | — | | | turba | turba | were asking | ܟܢܫܐ | were asking | ἐπηρώτων | were asking | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | interrogabant | interrogabant | Him | ܫܐܠܘܗܝ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | — | | | eum | eum | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | discipuli | discipuli | of Him | ܥܠ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | — | | | eius | ejus | concerning | ܡܬܠܐ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | παραβολήν. | parable. | παραβολην | | | parabolam | parabolam | parable. | ܗܘ | parable. | παραβολῆς | parable. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 7:25 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||