The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Checks run on this verse’s loaded word streams against each tradition’s own pinned source. Differences between traditions are preserved. These checks never change source text or English wording. English placement, cross-source correspondence, and manuscript-image review remain separate.
| Source | Source wording | Source order | English wording | English placement | Evidence limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Papyri Declared CNTR papyrus collection; physical attestation still requires image review | Review needed No admitted papyrus words in this stream. Source-collection coverage and physical status require review. | Review needed Composite order follows recorded witness coordinates; independent coverage and occurrence-order review is pending. | Review needed 0 stored word glosses; 0 TAGNT glosses of proposed readings marked †; 0 displayed papyrus occurrences have no matching English. Proposed-reading English does not certify missing Greek letters. Independent English-source and semantic review remains pending. | Review needed Independent source-language placement review is pending. Wording and sequence checks do not certify meaning. | Review needed Manuscript-image certification is pending; transcription agreement is a separate result. |
| Sahidic Sahidica NT 4.1.0 / Coptic SCRIPTORIUM | Machine compared 18 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Review needed An independent wording check for this column’s declared English authorities is pending. | Review needed Independent source-language placement review is pending. Wording and sequence checks do not certify meaning. | Review needed Comparison is against the declared electronic edition; edition acquisition and scholarly review remain separate. |
| Vaticanus INTF GA 03, original hand, independent XML extraction | Machine compared 32 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Review needed An independent wording check for this column’s declared English authorities is pending. | Review needed Independent source-language placement review is pending. Wording and sequence checks do not certify meaning. | Review needed Manuscript-image certification is pending; transcription agreement is a separate result. |
| Sinaiticus CNTR GA 01, selected base hand, declared glyph projection | Machine compared 33 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Machine compared Both English views preserve every character and occurrence from Henry Tompkins Anderson, 1918. 0 occurrences await source grouping. This does not certify semantic placement. | Review needed Independent source-language placement review is pending. Wording and sequence checks do not certify meaning. | Review needed Manuscript-image certification is pending; transcription agreement is a separate result. |
| Vulgate Clementine Vulgate with registered verse-boundary concordance | Machine compared 28 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Machine compared Both English views preserve every character and occurrence from Douay-Rheims American Edition of 1899 (Challoner tradition). 13 occurrences await source grouping. This does not certify semantic placement. | Review needed 13 English occurrences await source grouping. The published wording is preserved; these occurrences still need an evidence-backed source assignment. | Review needed Comparison is against the declared electronic edition; edition acquisition and scholarly review remain separate. |
| Bezae Greek ITSEE/IGNTP Bezae Greek, first encoded reading; independent XML extraction | Machine compared 35 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Not applicable This side displays manuscript text; the facing Latin is not an English gloss. | Not applicable Greek–Latin correspondence requires bilingual review; no English gloss is displayed. | Review needed Manuscript-image certification is pending; transcription agreement is a separate result. |
| Bezae Latin ITSEE/IGNTP Bezae Latin, first encoded reading; independent XML extraction | Machine compared 30 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Not applicable This side displays manuscript text; the facing Latin is not an English gloss. | Not applicable Greek–Latin correspondence requires bilingual review; no English gloss is displayed. | Review needed Manuscript-image certification is pending; transcription agreement is a separate result. |
| Peshitta Pinned electronic Peshitta with registered verse-boundary concordance | Machine compared 25 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Machine compared Both English views preserve every character and occurrence from James Murdock, 1851. 0 occurrences await source grouping. This does not certify semantic placement. | Review needed Independent source-language placement review is pending. Wording and sequence checks do not certify meaning. | Review needed Comparison is against the declared electronic edition; edition acquisition and scholarly review remain separate. |
| Byzantine Robinson–Pierpont 2018 | Machine compared 35 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. | Machine compared Displayed sequence matches this source’s own sequence. | Review needed An independent wording check for this column’s declared English authorities is pending. | Review needed Independent source-language placement review is pending. Wording and sequence checks do not certify meaning. | Review needed Comparison is against the declared electronic edition; edition acquisition and scholarly review remain separate. |
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These source states are retained separately from correspondence. An absent or lost word cannot be highlighted.
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The system selects attested words from the registered papyrus transcriptions and retains manuscript attribution and letter-condition symbols. English glosses are matched to the recorded Greek readings.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper| ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become |
| ⲇⲉ | and |
| ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | messenger |
| ⲃⲱⲕ | go |
| ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above |
| ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ | — |
| ⲉⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula |
| ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲛϣⲟⲟⲥ | — |
| ϣⲁϫⲉ | speak |
| ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ | fellow |
| ϫⲉⲙⲁⲣⲛⲃⲱⲕ | go |
| ϣⲁⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem* |
| ⲛⲧⲛⲛⲁⲩ | look |
| ⲉⲡⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ | speak |
| ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become |
| ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord |
| ⲟⲩⲟⲛϩϥ | reveal |
| ⲉⲣⲟⲛ | to |
The system preserves Sahidica’s Coptic word groups and links them to the comparison. English uses admitted Horner passages, dictionary glosses, and marked annotations, according to the evidence available for each word group.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper| και | And |
| εγενετο | it came to pass |
| ως | as |
| απηλθον | they were departing |
| απ | from |
| αυτων | them |
| εις | into |
| τον | the |
| ουρανον | heaven |
| οι | the |
| αγγελοι | angels, |
| οι | <the> |
| ποιμενες | shepherds |
| ελαλουν | were speaking |
| προς | to |
| αλληλους | one another; |
| διελθωμεν | Let us go through |
| δη | indeed |
| εως | until |
| βηθλεεμ | Bethlehem |
| και | and |
| ιδωμεν | let us see |
| το | <the> |
| ρημα | declaration |
| τουτο | this |
| το | that |
| γεγονος | having happened |
| ο | which |
| ο | the |
| κς | Lord |
| εγνωρισεν | has made known |
| ημιν | to us. |
These source states are retained separately from correspondence. An absent or lost word cannot be highlighted.
See Comparison rows for their recorded positions.
The system imports Vaticanus’s original-hand transcription, checks it against a second transcription, and matches Greek words with English using published glosses and lexical evidence. Each displayed word retains its source reference.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper| Et | And |
| factum | came |
| est | it |
| ut | to |
| discesserunt | departed |
| ab | from |
| eis | them |
| angeli | the angels |
| in | into |
| cælum | heaven, |
| pastores | the shepherds |
| loquebantur | said |
| ad | to |
| invicem | another: |
| Transeamus | over |
| usque | — |
| Bethlehem | Bethlehem, |
| et | and |
| videamus | see |
| hoc | this |
| verbum | word |
| quod | that |
| factum | — |
| est | is |
| quod | which |
| Dominus | the Lord |
| ostendit | shewed |
| nobis | to us. |
English awaiting alignment
pass, after one Let us go to let us come to pass, hath
The system preserves the Clementine Latin and published Douay–Rheims English. Lexical evidence and sentence context guide the matching of English words and phrases to Latin words; the checks account for each occurrence and preserve the published texts.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper| και |
| εγενετο |
| ως |
| απηλθον |
| οι |
| αγγελοι |
| απ |
| αυτων |
| εις |
| τον |
| ουρανον |
| και |
| οι |
| ανθρωποι |
| οι |
| ποιμενες |
| ειπον |
| προς |
| αλληλους |
| διελθωμεν |
| δη |
| εως |
| βηθλεεμ |
| και |
| ϊδωμεν |
| το |
| ρημα |
| τουτο |
| το |
| γεγονως |
| ο |
| ο |
| κς |
| εγνωρισεν |
| ημειν |
| et |
| factum |
| est |
| ut |
| abierunt |
| angeli |
| ab |
| eis |
| in |
| caelum |
| et |
| homines |
| pastores |
| dixerunt |
| ad |
| alterutrum |
| pertranseamus |
| usque |
| bethleem |
| et |
| uideamus |
| uerbum |
| hoc |
| quod |
| factum |
| est |
| quod |
| dms |
| demonstrauit |
| nobis |
The system imports the Greek and Latin transcriptions separately and checks every displayed word against its source occurrence. It records their comparison links and keeps physical loss separate from gaps in alignment.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper| ܘܗܘܐ | it was |
| ܕܟܕ | that when |
| ܐܙܠܘ | had gone |
| ܡܢ | from |
| ܠܘܬܗܘܢ | And |
| ܡܠܐܟܐ | the angels |
| ܠܫܡܝܐ | heaven, |
| ܡܠܠܘ | them into |
| ܪܥܘܬܐ | shepherds conferred |
| ܚܕ | so, |
| ܥܡ | with |
| ܚܕ | one another, |
| ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | said: Let |
| ܢܪܕܐ | us |
| ܥܕܡܐ | go down |
| ܠܒܝܬ | the |
| ܠܚܡ | to Bethlehem, |
| ܘܢܚܙܐ | and see |
| ܠܡܠܬܐ | thing which |
| ܗܕܐ | this |
| ܕܗܘܬ | and |
| ܐܝܟ | hath occurred, as |
| ܕܡܪܝܐ | the Lord hath |
| ܐܘܕܥ | made known |
| ܠܢ | to us. |
The system preserves the Syriac source and assigns published Murdock English using lexical, grammatical, and contextual evidence. It checks that source words and English occurrences are accounted for and keeps the Syriac reading direction.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper| Καὶ | And |
| ἐγένετο | it came to pass |
| ὡς | as |
| ἀπῆλθον | they were departing |
| ἀπ’ | from |
| αὐτῶν | them |
| εἰς | into |
| τὸν | the |
| οὐρανὸν | heaven |
| οἱ | the |
| ἄγγελοι | angels, |
| καὶ | and |
| οἱ | the |
| ἄνθρωποι | men |
| οἱ | <the> |
| ποιμένες | shepherds |
| εἶπον | they said |
| πρὸς | to |
| ἀλλήλους | one another; |
| Διέλθωμεν | Let us go through |
| δὴ | indeed |
| ἕως | until |
| Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem |
| καὶ | and |
| ἴδωμεν | let us see |
| τὸ | <the> |
| ῥῆμα | declaration |
| τοῦτο | this |
| τὸ | that |
| γεγονός | having happened |
| ὃ | which |
| ὁ | the |
| κύριος | Lord |
| ἐγνώρισεν | has made known |
| ἡμῖν | I/we |
The system imports Robinson–Pierpont 2018 Greek and checks each word’s form and grammar before assigning English. It uses published TAGNT glosses and lexical evidence, marking system-derived glosses in orange.
Full certification rulesRead the English word-order paper