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 6 stored word glosses; 4 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 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. |
| 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 24 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 22 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). 5 occurrences await source grouping. This does not certify semantic placement. | Review needed 5 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 25 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 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. |
| 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 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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ο | <the> | |
γα· | for† | |
···ωσ | knowing† | |
αυτον | him | |
ανδρα | to be a man | |
δι····· | righteous† | |
····ει | much† | |
και | he was perplexed | |
ηδεωσ | and | |
αυτου | gladly |
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| ϩⲏⲣⲱⲇⲏⲥ | Herod* |
| ⲅⲁⲣ | for |
| ⲛⲉϥⲟ | act |
| ⲛϩⲟⲧⲉ | fear |
| ϩⲏⲧϥ | heart |
| ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John* |
| ⲉϥⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ | know |
| ⲙⲙⲟϥ | our |
| ϫⲉⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man |
| ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲡⲉ | righteous |
| ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | be pure |
| ⲁⲩⲱ | and |
| ⲛⲉϥⲧⲙⲁⲓⲟ | justify |
| ⲙⲙⲟϥ | our |
| ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear |
| ⲇⲉ | and |
| ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to |
| ⲛϩⲁϩ | many |
| ⲛⲥⲟⲡ | occasion |
| ⲁϥⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | be amazed |
| ⲁⲩⲱ | and |
| ⲛⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear |
| ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to |
| ⲉϥⲡⲓⲑⲉ | — |
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| ο | <the> |
| γαρ | for |
| ηρωδης | Herod |
| εφοβειτο | was afraid of |
| τον | <the> |
| ιωανην | John |
| ειδως | knowing |
| αυτον | him |
| ανδρα | [to be] a man |
| δικαιον | righteous |
| και | and |
| αγιον | holy |
| συνετηρει | he was keeping safe |
| αυτον | him. |
| και | And |
| ακουσας | when having heard |
| αυτου | him |
| πολλα | much |
| ηπορει | he was perplexed |
| και | and |
| ηδεως | gladly |
| αυτου | him |
| ηκουεν | was hearing. |
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| Herodes | Herod |
| enim | For |
| metuebat | feared |
| Joannem | John, |
| sciens | knowing |
| eum | him |
| virum | man: |
| justum | a just |
| et | and |
| sanctum | holy |
| et | and |
| custodiebat | — |
| eum | him, |
| et | and |
| audito | he heard |
| eo | him, |
| multa | many |
| faciebat | did |
| et | and |
| libenter | willingly. |
| eum | him |
| audiebat | he heard |
English awaiting alignment
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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| ο |
| γαρ |
| ηρωδης |
| εφοβειτο |
| τον |
| ϊωαννην |
| ειδως |
| αυτον |
| ανδρα |
| δικαιον |
| και |
| αγιον |
| ειναι |
| και |
| συνετηρει |
| αυτον |
| και |
| ακουσας |
| αυτου |
| πολλα |
| εποιει |
| και |
| ηδεως |
| αυτου |
| ηκουεν |
These source states are retained separately from correspondence. An absent or lost word cannot be highlighted.
See Comparison rows for their recorded positions.
| herodes |
| enim |
| metuebat |
| iohanen |
| sciens |
| eum |
| uirum |
| iustum |
| et |
| sanctum |
| esse |
| et |
| custodiebat |
| eum |
| et |
| audito |
| eo |
| multa |
| faciebat |
| et |
| liuenter |
| eum |
| audiebat |
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 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| ܗܪܘܕܤ | things, |
| ܓܝܪ | For Herod |
| ܕܚܠ | and |
| ܗܘܐ | was afraid |
| ܡܢ | of |
| ܝܘܚܢܢ | John, |
| ܥܠ | because he |
| ܕܝܕܥ | knew him |
| ܗܘܐ | to be |
| ܕܓܒܪܐ | man: |
| ܗܘ | he observed |
| ܙܕܝܩܐ | a just |
| ܘܩܕܝܫܐ | and holy |
| ܘܡܢܛܪ | him, |
| ܗܘܐ | and gave |
| ܠܗ | to him |
| ܘܤܓܝܐܬܐ | heard |
| ܫܡܥ | many things |
| ܗܘܐ | and |
| ܠܗ | ear |
| ܘܥܒܕ | did the |
| ܘܒܤܝܡܐܝܬ | in |
| ܫܡܥ | and he |
| ܗܘܐ | with satisfaction. |
| ܠܗ | him |
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| ὁ | <the> |
| γὰρ | for |
| Ἡρῴδης | Herod |
| ἐφοβεῖτο | was afraid of |
| τὸν | <the> |
| Ἰωάννην | John |
| εἰδὼς | knowing |
| αὐτὸν | him |
| ἄνδρα | to be a man |
| δίκαιον | righteous |
| καὶ | and |
| ἅγιον | holy |
| καὶ | and |
| συνετήρει | he was keeping safe |
| αὐτόν | him. |
| καὶ | And |
| ἀκούσας | when having heard |
| αὐτοῦ | him |
| πολλὰ | much |
| ἐποίει | he was doing |
| καὶ | and |
| ἡδέως | gladly |
| αὐτοῦ | him |
| ἤκουεν | was hearing. |
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