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 | Machine compared Admitted cells match the CNTR surviving-character projection. This does not establish completeness or agreement with manuscript images. | Review needed Composite order follows recorded witness coordinates; independent coverage and occurrence-order review is pending. | Review needed 1 stored word glosses; 6 TAGNT glosses of proposed readings marked †; 2 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 12 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 23 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 23 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 21 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). 8 occurrences await source grouping. This does not certify semantic placement. | Review needed 8 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 23 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 21 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 15 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 24 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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Source columns read independently. Gold highlights show recorded correspondences or source form matches. Dashed highlights show existing cross-source alignments still under review. Absent words are never highlighted.
τ·ν | the† | |
υιο· | son† | |
πρωτο····· | firstborn† | |
εσπαργ······ | wrapped in swaddling cloths† | |
··τον | him† | |
και | and | |
·υτον | Him† | |
···τι | — | |
ουκ | — |
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 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| ⲁⲥϫⲡⲟ | beget |
| ⲙⲡⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ | son |
| ⲡⲉⲥϣⲣⲡⲙⲙⲓⲥⲉ | — |
| ⲁⲥϭⲟⲟⲗⲉϥ | swathe |
| ⲛϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲉⲓⲥ | — |
| ⲁⲥϫⲧⲟϥ | lay down |
| ϩⲛⲟⲩⲟⲙϥ | manger |
| ϫⲉⲛⲉⲙⲙⲛⲙⲁ | place |
| ϣⲟⲟⲡ | become |
| ⲛⲁⲩ | my |
| ϩⲙⲡⲙⲁ | place |
| ⲛϭⲟⲓⲗⲉ | — |
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 |
| ετεκεν | she brought forth |
| τον | the |
| υιον | son |
| αυτης | of her |
| τον | the |
| πρωτοτοκον | firstborn |
| και | and |
| εσπαργανωσεν | wrapped in swaddling cloths |
| αυτον | him |
| και | and |
| ανεκλεινεν | she laid |
| αυτον | Him |
| εν | in |
| φατνη | a manger, |
| διοτι | because |
| ουκ | not |
| ην | there was |
| αυτοις | for them |
| τοπος | a place |
| εν | in |
| τω | the |
| καταλυματι | inn. |
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 |
| peperit | she brought forth |
| filium | son, |
| suum | her |
| primogenitum | — |
| et | and |
| pannis | — |
| eum | him |
| involvit | wrapped |
| et | and |
| reclinavit | — |
| eum | him |
| in | in |
| præsepio | a manger; |
| quia | because |
| non | no |
| erat | was |
| eis | for them |
| locus | — |
| in | in |
| diversorio | the inn. |
English awaiting alignment
firstborn up in swaddling clothes, laid there room
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 |
| ετεκεν |
| τον |
| ϋιον |
| αυτης |
| τον |
| πρωτοτοκον |
| και |
| εσπαργανωσεν |
| αυτον |
| και |
| ανεκλινεν |
| αυτον |
| εν |
| φατνη |
| διοτι |
| ουκ |
| ην |
| αυτοις |
| τοπος |
| εν |
| τω |
| καταλυματι |
| et |
| peperit |
| filium |
| suum |
| primogenitum |
| et |
| pannis |
| inuoluit |
| eum |
| et |
| reclinauit |
| eum |
| in |
| praesepio |
| quia |
| non |
| erat |
| illis |
| locus |
| in |
| diuersorio |
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| ܘܝܠܕܬ | she brought |
| ܒܪܗ | forth her |
| ܒܘܟܪܐ | firstborn |
| ܘܟܪܟܬܗ | and wrapped |
| ܒܥܙܪܘܪܐ | bandages, and |
| ܘܐܪܡܝܬܗ | him |
| ܒܐܘܪܝܐ | in the stall; |
| ܡܛܠ | And |
| ܕܠܝܬ | son, |
| ܗܘܐ | laid him |
| ܠܗܘܢ | for they had |
| ܕܘܟܬܐ | no place |
| ܐܝܟܐ | where |
| ܕܫܪܝܢ | they could lodge. |
| ܗܘܘ | in |
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 |
| ἔτεκεν | she brought forth |
| τὸν | the |
| υἱὸν | son |
| αὐτῆς | of her |
| τὸν | the |
| πρωτότοκον | firstborn |
| καὶ | and |
| ἐσπαργάνωσεν | wrapped in swaddling cloths |
| αὐτόν | him |
| καὶ | and |
| ἀνέκλινεν | she laid |
| αὐτὸν | Him |
| ἐν | in |
| τῇ | <the> |
| φάτνῃ | a manger, |
| διότι | because |
| οὐκ | not |
| ἦν | there was |
| αὐτοῖς | for them |
| τόπος | a place |
| ἐν | in |
| τῷ | the |
| καταλύματι | inn. |
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