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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| — | καθὼς | Even as | καθὼς | Even as | Sicut | as | ܐܝܟ | As | καθὼς | Even as | |||||||
| — | γέγραπται | it has been written | γέγραπται | it has been written | scriptum | something written | ܕܟܬܝܒ | it | γέγραπται | it has been written | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | ἐν | in | est | — | ܒܐܫܥܝܐ | written | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τῷ | <the> | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| — | Ἠσαΐᾳ | Isaiah | Ἠσαΐᾳ | Isaiah | in | in | ܢܒܝܐ | Eshaia | — | — | |||||||
| — | τῷ | in the | τῷ | in the | — | — | — | — | τῷ | in the | |||||||
| — | προφήτῃ· | prophet: | προφήτῃ· | prophet: | Isaia | — | ܗܐ | the | προφήτῃ· | prophet: | |||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | propheta | — | ܡܫܕܪ | send | ἰδοὺ | Behold | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | Ecce | behold! see! look! there! here! [ecce eum => here he is] | ܐܢܐ | angel | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||||
| — | ἀποστέλλω | send | ἀποστέλλω | send | ego | I | ܡܠܐܟܝ | before | ἀποστέλλω | send | |||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τὸν | the | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||||
| — | ἄγγελόν | messenger | ἄγγελόν | messenger | mitto | send | ܩܕܡ | face | ἄγγελόν | messenger | |||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | of Mine | angelum | angel | ܦܪܨܘܦܟ | shall | μου | of Mine | |||||||
| — | πρὸ | before | πρὸ | before | meum | my (personal possession) | ܕܢܬܩܢ | make | πρὸ | before | |||||||
| — | προσώπου | face | προσώπου | face | ante | before | ܐܘܪܚܟ | thy | προσώπου | face | |||||||
| — | σου, | of You, | σου, | of You, | faciem | do | — | — | σου, | of You, | |||||||
| — | ὃς | who | ὃς | who | tuam | you (sing.) | — | — | ὃς | who | |||||||
| — | κατασκευάσει | will prepare | κατασκευάσει | will prepare | qui | how? | — | — | κατασκευάσει | will prepare | |||||||
| — | τὴν | the | τὴν | the | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||||
| — | ὁδόν | way | ὁδόν | way | præparabit | — | — | — | ὁδόν | way | |||||||
| — | σου | of You | σου | of You | viam | way | — | — | σου | of You | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | tuam | you (sing.) | — | — | ἔμπροσθέν | before | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ante | before | — | — | σου. | of you. | |||||||