Oldest & Best Manuscript Evidence Database

Mark 15:28

Numbered With the Transgressors

Reading Supported

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

Variant Issue

Modern editions often omit the fulfillment statement in Mark 15:28.

Short omitted phraseMajority Greek supportPatristic supportLatin supportSyriac supportCoptic supportComplex evidence

Quick read

Mark 15:28 is a large-majority case, with strong named early evidence against it.

Support category

Large majority of Greek manuscripts

Sources used

INTF NTVMR; ECM where published/available; NA/UBS apparatuses; Tyndale House Greek New Testament apparatus; passage-specific manuscript studies where applicable

Manuscript Count Snapshot

Manuscript evidence at a glance.

Greek support

1,000+ Greek manuscripts

Greek against

Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses

Support category

Large majority of Greek manuscripts

Lectionary support

Some lectionary evidence omits the verse

Main evidence against

Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi, Bezae, X, Psi

Evidence Summary

Large majority of Greek manuscripts

Mark 15:28 is a large-majority case, with strong named early evidence against it.

Greek support

1,000+ Greek manuscripts

Against

Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses

Patristic

2 entries

Site Summary Score

82% for / 18% against

A site-level summary from the Greek manuscript count plus the Latin, Syriac, Coptic, patristic, lectionary, and printed evidence listed for this passage.

For the KJV/TR reading: 82% site summary score

Against or alternate readings: 18% site summary score

Greek support snapshot: 1,000+ Greek manuscripts

Greek against snapshot: Fewer than 30 principal Greek witnesses