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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| — | Ἐγένετο | There was | Ἐγένετο | There was | Fuit | — | ܗܘܐ | There | Ἐγένετο | There was | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | ἐν | in | in | in | ܒܝܘܡܬܗ | was | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταῖς | the | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||||
| — | ἡμέραις | days | ἡμέραις | days | diebus | — | ܕܗܪܘܕܤ | the | ἡμέραις | days | |||||||
| — | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | Herodis | — | ܡܠܟܐ | of | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||||
| — | βασιλέως | king | βασιλέως | king | regis | rule | ܕܝܗܘܕܐ | king | βασιλέως | king | |||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | τῆς | <the> | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||||
| — | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | Judææ | — | ܟܗܢܐ | the | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | |||||||
| — | ἱερεύς | a priest | ἱερεύς | a priest | sacerdos | priest | ܚܕ | a | ἱερεύς | a priest | |||||||
| — | τις | certain | τις | certain | quidam | — | ܕܫܡܗ | priest | τις | certain | |||||||
| — | ὀνόματι | named | ὀνόματι | named | nomine | in name only | ܗܘܐ | whose | ὀνόματι | named | |||||||
| — | Ζαχαρίας | Zechariah | Ζαχαρίας | Zechariah | Zacharias | — | ܙܟܪܝܐ | was | Ζαχαρίας | Zechariah | |||||||
| — | ἐξ | of the | ἐξ | of the | de | down/away from | ܡܢ | of | ἐξ | of the | |||||||
| — | ἐφημερίας | division | ἐφημερίας | division | vice | village | ܬܫܡܫܬܐ | service | ἐφημερίας | division | |||||||
| — | Ἀβιά, | of Abijah, | Ἀβιά, | of Abijah, | Abia | — | ܕܒܝܬ | the | Ἀβιά, | of Abijah, | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | et | and | ܐܒܝܐ | of | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||||
| — | γυνὴ | wife | γυνὴ | wife | uxor | wife | ܘܐܢܬܬܗ | and | γυνὴ | wife | |||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | of him | αὐτῷ | of him | illius | — | ܡܢ | his | αὐτῷ | of him | |||||||
| — | ἐκ | of | ἐκ | of | de | down/away from | ܒܢܬܗ | was | ἐκ | of | |||||||
| — | τῶν | the | τῶν | the | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||||
| — | θυγατέρων | daughters | θυγατέρων | daughters | filiabus | — | ܕܐܗܪܘܢ | the | θυγατέρων | daughters | |||||||
| — | Ἀαρὼν | of Aaron | Ἀαρὼν | of Aaron | Aaron | — | ܫܡܗ | of | Ἀαρὼν | of Aaron | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | et | and | ܗܘܐ | her | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | τὸ | the | τὸ | the | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||||
| — | ὄνομα | name | ὄνομα | name | nomen | name | ܐܠܝܫܒܥ | was | ὄνομα | name | |||||||
| — | αὐτῆς | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | ejus | — | — | — | αὐτῆς | of her | |||||||
| — | Ἐλισάβετ.¶ | Elizabeth. | Ἐλεισάβετ | Elizabeth. | Elisabeth | — | — | — | Ἐλισάβετ.¶ | Elizabeth. | |||||||