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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
		—	καθὼς	even as	καθως	\|	sicut	sicut	even as	ܐܝܟ	even as	καθὼς	even as
		—	γέγραπται	it has been written	γεγραπται	\|	scriptum	scriptum	it has been written	ܕܟܬܝܒ	it has been written	γέγραπται	it has been written
		—	ἐν	in the	εν	\|	est	est	in the	ܒܢܡܘܤܐ	in the	ἐν	in the
		—	νόμῳ	law	—	\|	in	in	law	—	—	νόμῳ	law
		—	κυρίου	of the Lord	—	\|	lege	lege	of the Lord	ܕܡܪܝܐ	of the Lord	κυρίου	of the Lord
		—	ὅτι	that	—	\|	dmi	Domini	that	ܕܟܠ	that	ὅτι	that
		—	πᾶν	Every	—	\|	quia	Quia	Every	ܕܟܪܐ	Every	Πᾶν	Every
		—	ἄρσεν	male	—	\|	omne	omne	male	ܦܬܚ	male	ἄρσεν	male
		—	διανοῖγον	opening	—	\|	masculinum	masculinum	opening	ܡܪܒܥܐ	opening	διανοῖγον	opening
		—	μήτραν	a womb	—	\|	aperiens	adaperiens	a womb	—	—	μήτραν	a womb
		—	ἅγιον	holy	—	\|	bulbam	vulvam	holy	ܩܕܝܫܐ	holy	ἅγιον	holy
		—	τῷ	to the	τω	\|	sanctum	—	—	—	—	τῷ	to the
		—	κυρίῳ	Lord	κω	\|	dmo	Domino	Lord	ܕܡܪܝܐ	Lord	κυρίῳ	Lord
		—	κληθήσεται·	will be called;	κληθησεται	\|	uocabitur	vocabitur	will be called;	ܢܬܩܪܐ	will be called;	κληθήσεται-	will be called;
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See how the Four Gospels in the Bible you read today connect to the Greek, Latin, Syriac, and Byzantine witnesses shown above.

Alexandrian	Western	Latin	Byzantine
	—	καθὼς	even as	καθως	\|	sicut	sicut	even as	ܐܝܟ	even as	καθὼς	even as
	—	γέγραπται	it has been written	γεγραπται	\|	scriptum	scriptum	it has been written	ܕܟܬܝܒ	it has been written	γέγραπται	it has been written
	—	ἐν	in the	εν	\|	est	est	in the	ܒܢܡܘܤܐ	in the	ἐν	in the
	—	νόμῳ	law	—	\|	in	in	law	—	—	νόμῳ	law
	—	κυρίου	of the Lord	—	\|	lege	lege	of the Lord	ܕܡܪܝܐ	of the Lord	κυρίου	of the Lord
	—	ὅτι	that	—	\|	dmi	Domini	that	ܕܟܠ	that	ὅτι	that
	—	πᾶν	Every	—	\|	quia	Quia	Every	ܕܟܪܐ	Every	Πᾶν	Every
	—	ἄρσεν	male	—	\|	omne	omne	male	ܦܬܚ	male	ἄρσεν	male
	—	διανοῖγον	opening	—	\|	masculinum	masculinum	opening	ܡܪܒܥܐ	opening	διανοῖγον	opening
	—	μήτραν	a womb	—	\|	aperiens	adaperiens	a womb	—	—	μήτραν	a womb
	—	ἅγιον	holy	—	\|	bulbam	vulvam	holy	ܩܕܝܫܐ	holy	ἅγιον	holy
	—	τῷ	to the	τω	\|	sanctum	—	—	—	—	τῷ	to the
	—	κυρίῳ	Lord	κω	\|	dmo	Domino	Lord	ܕܡܪܝܐ	Lord	κυρίῳ	Lord
	—	κληθήσεται·	will be called;	κληθησεται	\|	uocabitur	vocabitur	will be called;	ܢܬܩܪܐ	will be called;	κληθήσεται-	will be called;
Next Fragment: Luke 2:29
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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

—

καθὼς

even as

καθως

sicut

even as

ܐܝܟ

even as

καθὼς

even as

—

γέγραπται

it has been written

γεγραπται

scriptum

it has been written

ܕܟܬܝܒ

it has been written

γέγραπται

it has been written

—

ἐν

in the

εν

est

in the

ܒܢܡܘܤܐ

in the

ἐν

in the

—

νόμῳ

law

—

law

—

νόμῳ

law

—

κυρίου

of the Lord

—

lege

of the Lord

ܕܡܪܝܐ

of the Lord

κυρίου

of the Lord

—

ὅτι

that

—

dmi

Domini

that

ܕܟܠ

that

ὅτι

that

—

πᾶν

Every

—

quia

Quia

Every

ܕܟܪܐ

Every

Πᾶν

Every

—

ἄρσεν

male

—

omne

male

ܦܬܚ

male

ἄρσεν

male

—

διανοῖγον

opening

—

masculinum

opening

ܡܪܒܥܐ

opening

διανοῖγον

opening

—

μήτραν

a womb

—

aperiens

adaperiens

a womb

—

μήτραν

a womb

—

ἅγιον

holy

—

bulbam

vulvam

holy

ܩܕܝܫܐ

holy

ἅγιον

holy

—

τῷ

to the

τω

sanctum

—

τῷ

to the

—

κυρίῳ

Lord

κω

dmo

Domino

Lord

ܕܡܪܝܐ

Lord

κυρίῳ

Lord

—

κληθήσεται·

will be called;

κληθησεται

uocabitur

vocabitur

will be called;

ܢܬܩܪܐ

will be called;

κληθήσεται-

will be called;

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Luke 2:23

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Luke 2:23

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