Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
And in those days John the Baptizer came, preaching in the desert of Judea,
Matt 3:1 [Textus Receptus]
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
Matt 3:1 [Codex Vaticanus (B)]
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάνης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
Matt 3:1 [Codex Sinaiticus (א)]
Ἐν δε ταις ημερες εκειναις παραγεινεται Ἰωανʼνης ο βαπτιστης· κηρυσσων εν τη ερημω της Ἰουδεας
Matt 3:1 [Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus (C)]
Eν δε ταις ημεραις εκειναις παραγινεται Iωαννης ο βαπτιστης κηρυσσων εν τη ερημω της Iουδαιας
Matt 3:1 [Codex Bezae (D)]
Ἐν ταις ημεραις εκειναις παραγεινεται Ἰωαννης ο βαπτιστης κηρυσσων εν τη ερημω της Ἰουδαιας
Matt 3:1 [Tregelles (1857)]
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
Matt 3:1 [Tischendorf (1869)]
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας,
Matt 3:1 [Westcott & Hort (1881)]
EN ΔE TAIΣ HMEPAIΣ ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάνης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
Matt 3:1 [Greek Orthodox (1904)]
Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
Matt 3:1 [von Soden (1913)]
Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
Matt 3:1 [Peshitta]
ܒ݁ܗܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܒ݁ܝܰܘܡܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܗܳܢܽܘܢ ܐܶܬ݂ܳܐ ܝܽܘܚܰܢܳܢ ܡܰܥܡܕ݂ܳܢܳܐ ܘܡܰܟ݂ܪܶܙ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܒ݁ܚܽܘܪܒ݁ܳܐ ܕ݁ܺܝܗܽܘܕ݂܂
Matt 3:1 [Old Syriac Curetonian (Codex Curetonianus Syriacus syc)]
ܘܒܗܢܘܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ܂ ܐܬܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ܂ ܘܡܟܪܙ ܗܘܐ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܝܗܘܕ
Matt 3:1 [Old Syriac Sinaitic (Codex Sinaiticus Syriacus sys)]
ܒܗܢܘܢ ܝܘܡܬܐ ܐܬܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ ܘܡܟܪܙ ܗܘܐ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ܂
Matt 3:1 [Vulgate]
in diebus autem illis venit Iohannes Baptista praedicans in deserto Iudaeae
Critical Apparatus :
(1) δὲ (i.e. Ἐν δὲ ταῖς) : א, B, C, Majority Text (partim)
(2) Omit δὲ (i.e. Ἐν ταις) : D, Majority Text (partim)
(3) ἡμέραις : B, C, D, Majority Text
(4) ημερες : א
(5) παραγίνεται : B, C, Majority Text
(6) παραγεινεται : א, D
(7) Ἰουδαίας : B, Majority Text
(8) Ἰουδεας : א
(9) Ἰωάννης : א, C, D, Majority Text
(10) Ἰωάνης : B
Tischendorf Mt 3:1
A Textual Commentary On Matthew 3:1
(a) Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις - According to Bloomfield, δὲ is omitted in many MSS, but it is defended by Griesbach, on the principle that one may account for its omission but not for its addition.
(b) ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ - ἐρήμῳ (Hebrew מדבר and Syriac ܚܪܒ ) is not absolutely a desert, but comparatively, as being thinly inhabited, by reason of lying uninclosed by fences, not in tillage, but entirely in pasture. In Joshua’s time, there were six cities in this wilderness, namely Beth Arabah, Middin, Sekakah, Nibshan, the city of Salt, and Engedi, (Jos 15:61). Mention is made in the Talmud (Talmud Babylon Baba Kamma, fol, 79. 9. 2) of this wilderness of Judea, as distinct from the land of Israel, when the doctors say, that they do not bring up small cattle in the land of Israel, but they bring them up במדבר שביהודה, “in the wilderness which is in Judea.” The Jews have an observation (Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 13. 3) of many things coming from the wilderness:
“the law, they say, came from the wilderness; the tabernacle from the wilderness; the sanhedrim from the wilderness; the priesthood from the wilderness; the office of the Levites from the wilderness; the kingdom from the wilderness; and all the good gifts which God gave to Israel were from the wilderness.”