The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Earliest Papyrus c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Sinaiticus c. 350 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
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| — | Εἶπεν | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | Dixit | — | ܐܡܪܐ | and | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δὲ | then | autem | but (postpositive) | ܡܪܝܡ | and | δὲ | then | |||||||
| — | Μαριάμ· | Mary; | Μαριάμ· | Mary; | Maria | — | ܗܐ | she | Μαριάμ· | Mary; | |||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | Ecce | behold! see! look! there! here! [ecce eum => here he is] | ܐܢܐ | entered | ἰδοὺ | Behold | |||||||
| — | ἡ | the | ἡ | the | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||||
| — | δούλη | handmaid | δούλη | handmaid | ancilla | — | ܐܡܬܗ | into | δούλη | handmaid | |||||||
| — | ΚΥ | of the Lord; | ΚΥ | of the Lord; | Domini | rule | ܕܡܪܝܐ | into | ΚΥ | of the Lord; | |||||||
| — | γένοιτό | Would that it happen | γένοιτό | Would that it happen | fiat | — | ܢܗܘܐ | the | γένοιτό | Would that it happen | |||||||
| — | μοι | to me | μοι | to me | mihi | — | ܠܝ | house | μοι | to me | |||||||
| — | κατὰ | according to | κατὰ | according to | secundum | after | ܐܝܟ | of | κατὰ | according to | |||||||
| — | τὸ | the | τὸ | the | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||||
| — | ῥῆμά | declaration | ῥῆμά | declaration | verbum | word | ܡܠܬܟ | Zakaria | ῥῆμά | declaration | |||||||
| — | σου. | of you. | σου. | of you. | tuum | you (sing.) | ܘܐܙܠ | Zakaria | σου. | of you. | |||||||
| — | καὶ | And | καὶ | And | Et | and | ܡܠܐܟܐ | and | καὶ | And | |||||||
| — | ἀπῆλθεν | departed | ἀπῆλθεν | departed | discessit | — | ܡܢ | saluted | ἀπῆλθεν | departed | |||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | ab | by (agent) | ܠܘܬܗ | Elishaba | ἀπ᾽ | from | |||||||
| — | αὐτῆς | her | αὐτῆς | her | illa | — | — | — | αὐτῆς | her | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||||
| — | ἄγγελος.¶ | angel. | ἄγγελος.¶ | angel. | angelus | angel | — | — | ἄγγελος.¶ | angel. | |||||||