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 20 stored word glosses; 5 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 20 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 26 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 26 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). 11 occurrences await source grouping. This does not certify semantic placement. | Review needed 11 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 | Review needed No verse words in the selected source extraction. Physical loss, omission and reading-layer coverage require separate evidence. | Review needed No sequence to compare. | 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 19 source occurrences match the pinned transcription or edition. Recorded character gaps, supplied letters and reading hand also match the pinned transcription. The selected XML contains letter gaps or supplied letters. The lexical comparison follows its text projection; fragmentary status and manuscript reading remain separate checks. | 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 19 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 27 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.
του | <the> | |
δε | Now | |
ιυ | of Jesus | |
χυ | Christ | |
η | the | |
γενεσισ | origin | |
ουτωσ | thus | |
ην | was happening: | |
μνηστευθεισησ | At the pledging | |
τησ | of the | |
μητροσ | mother | |
αυτου | of Him | |
μ···α· | Mary† | |
τω | <the> | |
··σηφ | to Joseph,† | |
πριν | before | |
η | than | |
συνελθειν | to come together | |
αυτου· | by them† | |
ευρεθ· | she was found† | |
εν | in | |
γαστρι | womb pregnancy | |
εχουσα | having | |
εκ | out of | |
α···· | Holy.† |
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| ⲡⲉϫⲡⲟ | beget |
| ⲇⲉ | and |
| ⲛⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus* |
| ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | messiah |
| ⲛⲉⲩⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ | thus |
| ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula |
| ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩϣⲡ | group of four |
| ⲧⲟⲟⲧⲥ | willow |
| ⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ | mother |
| ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | Mary* |
| ⲛⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ | Joseph* |
| ⲉⲙⲡⲁⲧⲟⲩⲃⲱⲕ | go |
| ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ | to inside |
| ϣⲁⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ | fellow |
| ⲁⲩϩⲉ | fall |
| ⲉⲣⲟⲥ | to |
| ⲉⲥⲉⲉⲧ | she was found with child |
| ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out |
| ϩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲛⲁ | spirit |
| ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | be pure |
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| του | <the> |
| δε | Now |
| χυ | Christ |
| ιυ | of Jesus |
| η | the |
| γενεσις | origin |
| ουτως | thus |
| ην | was happening: |
| μνηστευθεισης | At the pledging |
| της | of the |
| μητρος | mother |
| αυτου | of Him |
| μαριας | Mary |
| τω | <the> |
| ιωσηφ | to Joseph, |
| πριν | before |
| η | than |
| συνελθειν | to come together |
| αυτους | by them |
| ευρεθη | she was found |
| εν | in |
| γαστρι | womb [pregnancy] |
| εχουσα | having |
| εκ | out of |
| πνς | [the] Spirit |
| αγιου | Holy. |
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| Christi | of Christ |
| autem | — |
| generatio | the generation |
| sic | — |
| erat | was |
| cum | When as |
| esset | was |
| desponsata | — |
| mater | mother |
| ejus | his |
| Maria | Mary |
| Joseph | Joseph, |
| antequam | before |
| convenirent | — |
| inventa | — |
| est | she was |
| in | in |
| utero | — |
| habens | — |
| de | of |
| Spiritu | Ghost. |
| Sancto | the Holy |
English awaiting alignment
Now this wise. espoused to they came together, found with child,
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 paperThese source states are retained separately from correspondence. An absent or lost word cannot be highlighted.
See Comparison rows for their recorded positions.
| xpi |
| autem |
| generatio |
| sic |
| fuit |
| desponsata |
| enim |
| maria |
| ioseph |
| antequam |
| conuenirent |
| inuenta |
| est |
| in |
| utero |
| habens |
| de |
| spu |
| san[c]to |
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| ܝܠܕܗ | the birth |
| ܕܝܢ | And |
| ܕܝܫܘܥ | Jesus |
| ܡܫܝܚܐ | the Messiah |
| ܗܟܢܐ | thus. |
| ܗܘܐ | was |
| ܟܕ | While his |
| ܡܟܝܪܐ | child by the |
| ܗܘܬ | was betrothed |
| ܡܪܝܡ | Mary |
| ܐܡܗ | mother |
| ܠܝܘܤܦ | to Joseph, |
| ܥܕܠܐ | before |
| ܢܫܬܘܬܦܘܢ | they had cohabited, |
| ܐܫܬܟܚܬ | to be with |
| ܒܛܢܐ | she was found |
| ܡܢ | of |
| ܪܘܚܐ | Spirit. |
| ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | Holy |
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| Τοῦ | <the> |
| δὲ | Now |
| Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus |
| χριστοῦ | Christ |
| ἡ | the |
| γέννησις | birth |
| οὕτως | thus |
| ἦν | was happening: |
| μνηστευθείσης | At the pledging |
| γὰρ | for |
| τῆς | of the |
| μητρὸς | mother |
| αὐτοῦ | of Him |
| Μαρίας | Mary |
| τῷ | <the> |
| Ἰωσήφ | to Joseph, |
| πρὶν | before |
| ἢ | than |
| συνελθεῖν | to come together |
| αὐτούς | by them |
| εὑρέθη | she was found |
| ἐν | in |
| γαστρὶ | womb pregnancy |
| ἔχουσα | having |
| ἐκ | out of |
| πνεύματος | the Spirit |
| ἁγίου | Holy. |
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.
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