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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| — | Τοῦ | <the> | Τοῦ | <the> | — | — | — | — | Τοῦ | <the> | |||||||
| — | δὲ | Now | δὲ | Now | Cum | when | ܟܕ | Now | δὲ | Now | |||||||
| — | ΙΥ | Jesus | ΙΥ | Jesus | ergo | therefore | ܕܝܢ | when | ΙΥ | Jesus | |||||||
| — | γεννηθέντος | having been born | γεννηθέντος | having been born | natus | daughter | ܐܬܝܠܕ | was | γεννηθέντος | having been born | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | ἐν | in | esset | — | ܝܫܘܥ | born | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem | Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem | Jesus | Jesus | ܒܒܝܬ | Beth-lechem | Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem | |||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | τῆς | <the> | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||||
| — | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | in | in | ܠܚܡ | Jehuda | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | ἐν | in | Bethlehem | — | ܕܝܗܘܕܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | ἡμέραις | the days | ἡμέραις | the days | Juda | Judah | ܒܝܘܡܝ | days | ἡμέραις | the days | |||||||
| — | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | in | in | ܗܪܘܕܤ | of | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | τοῦ | the | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||||
| — | βασιλέως | king | βασιλέως | king | diebus | — | ܡܠܟܐ | the | βασιλέως | king | |||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | Herodis | — | ܐܬܘ | there | ἰδοὺ | behold | |||||||
| — | μάγοι | Magi | μάγοι | Magi | regis | rule | ܡܓܘܫܐ | came | μάγοι | Magi | |||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from the | ἀπὸ | from the | ecce | behold! see! look! there! here! [ecce eum => here he is] | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from the | |||||||
| — | ἀνατολῶν | east | ἀνατολῶν | east | magi | magic | ܡܕܢܚܐ | the | ἀνατολῶν | east | |||||||
| — | παρεγένοντο | arrived | παρεγένοντο | arrived | ab | by (agent) | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | to | παρεγένοντο | arrived | |||||||
| — | εἰς | in | εἰς | in | oriente | rise (sun/river) | — | — | εἰς | in | |||||||
| — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | venerunt | blood-vessel | — | — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | |||||||