page_title: Textual variants in the New Testament
section_title: Gospel of Matthew
hierarchical_section_title: Textual variants in the New Testament / Gospel of Matthew
caption_attribution_description: English: Papyrus 101 recto Nederlands: Papyrus 101 recto
context_page_description: Textual variants in the New Testament are the subject of the study called textual criticism of the New Testament. Textual variants in manuscripts arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text that is being reproduced.
  Most of the variations are not significant and some common alterations include the deletion, rearrangement, repetition, or replacement of one or more words when the copyist's eye returns to a similar word in the wrong location of the original text. If their eye skips to an earlier word, they may create a repetition. If their eye skips to a later word, they may create an omission. They may resort to performing a rearranging of words to retain the overall meaning without compromising the context. In other instances, the copyist may add text from memory from a similar or parallel text in another location. Otherwise, they may also replace some text of the original with an alternative reading. Spellings occasionally change. Synonyms may be substituted. A pronoun may be changed into a proper noun.
context_section_description: Matthew 1:3
  Ζαρε — ¹ B mae-1
  Ζαρα — rell (i.e., all other extant manuscripts)
  Matthew 1:6
  Δαυιδ δε ο βασιλευς (Also David the king) — C K L W Δ Π 33 157 892 1071 𝔐/Byz itᵐˢˢ vg syrʰ geo
  Δαυιδ δε (Also David) — ¹ א B Γ ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ 579 700 itᵍ¹,k vgᵐˢˢ syr, ,p cop arm Didymus
  Matthew 1:16
  τον ανδρα Μαριας, εξ ης εγεννηθη Ιησους ο λεγομενος Χριστος – ¹ א Β C K L P W (Δ omit τον) Π (ƒ¹ omit Ιησους) 28 33 565 700 892 1009 1010 1071 1079 1195 1216 1230 1241 1242 1365 1546 1646 2148 2174, Byz, Lect, ℓ 76, ℓ 211, vg
  ω μνηστευθεισα παρθενος Μαριαμ εγεννησεν Ιησουν τον λεγομενον Χριστον – Θ ƒ¹³
  Matthew 1:16
  Ιησους (Jesus) – omitted by ƒ¹
  Matthew 1:18
  Ιησου (Jesus) — W
  Χριστου (Christ) – 71 Latt syrs,c Diatessaronˢʸʳ Theophilus Irenaeusˡᵃᵗ Chromatius Jeromeᵖᵗ Augustine
  Χριστου Ιησου (Christ Jesus) – B Origenᵖᵗ Jeromeᵖᵗ
  Ιησου Χριστου (Jesus Christ) — rell (¹ א C E K L P Z Δ Θ Π Σ f¹ f¹³, most minuscules, Byz Lect syrp,h,pal co arm (eth) geo slav Diatessaronᵃʳᵐ Irenaeusᵍʳ Origenᵖᵗ Eusebius Epiphanius Chrysostom)
  Matthew 1:21
  τεξεται δε σοι υιον (Then she will bring forth to you a son) – syrs,c
  τεξεται δε υιον (Then she will bring forth a son) – rell
  Matthew 1:21
  αυτος γαρ σωσει τον κοσμον (for he will save the world) — syrᶜ
  αυτος γαρ σωσει τον λαον αυτου (for he will save his people) — rell
  Matthew 1:22
  δια Ησαιου του προφητου (through Isaiah the prophet) – D 269 954 ita,b,c,d vgᵐˢˢ syrs,h,pal copˢᵃᵐˢ arm Diatessaronˢʸʳ Irenaeusˡᵃᵗ
  δια στοματος Ησαιου του προφητου (through the mouth of Isaiah the prophet) – syrᶜ
  δια του προφητου (through the prophet) – rell
  Matthew 1:23
  καλεσεις το ονομα (youˢᵍ will call his name) – D*,2 it copᵇᵒᵐˢˢ Origen Eusebius
  καλεσει το ονομα (he will call his name) – itd*
  καλεσουσιν το ονομα (they will call his name) – rell
  Matthew 1:24
  ἐγερθεὶς (woke) – א B C* Z 071 ƒ¹
  διεγερθεὶς (was awakened) – C³ D L W 087 ƒ¹³ 33 𝔐/Byz
  Matthew 1:25
  ουκ εγινωσκεν αυτην εως ου (was not knowing her until which [time]) – omitted by itᵏ syrˢ
  Matthew 1:25
  υιον (a son) – א B Zᵛⁱᵈ 071ᵛⁱᵈ ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ᵖᵗ 33 1192 itb,c,g¹,k syrc,palᵐˢˢ mae-1 geo Ambrose Chromatius
  αυτω υιον (to him a son) – syrˢ
  τον υιον (the son) – copᵇᵒ
  υιον αυτης (her son) – 1182 copˢᵃ
  τον υιον τον πρωτοτοκον (the firstborn son) — D* L itd,q
  τον υιον αυτης τον πρωτοτοκον (her firstborn son) — rell
  Matthew 2:3
  πασα (everyone) — omitted by D
  Matthew 2:4
  παρ' αυτων (close to them) — omitted by D Γ
  Matthew 2:5
  per Esiam prophetam dicentum (through Isaiah the prophet who related) — itᵃ
  δια του προφητου Μιχαιου (through the prophet Micah) — 4 copᵇᵒᵐˢ
  δια του προφητου (through the prophet) – rell
  Matthew 2:9
  επανω (over) — omitted by syrˢ Origen
  Matthew 2:9
  του παιδιου (of the child) — D it
  ου ην το παιδιον (where the child was) — rell
  Matthew 2:11
  ευρον (they found) — 2ᶜ, 474, itaur,b,c,ff¹,g¹ vg
  ειδον (they saw) — rell
  Matthew 2:11
  τας πηρας (their bag) — Epiphanius
  τους θησαυρους (their treasures) — rell
  Matthew 2:15
  του στοματος Ησαιου του προφητου (the mouth of Isaiah the prophet) — syrˢ
  του προφητου (the prophet) — rell
  Matthew 2:17
  ρηθεν υπο Κυριου δια Ιερεμιου (spoken by the LORD through Jeremiah) — D itᵃᵘʳ
  Matthew 2:18
  κλαυθμὸς (weeping) — א, B, Z, Z, 0250, ƒ¹, 22 279 372 1491 ℓ²²¹¹ lat   syrp,pal copsa,mae  eth Justin Hilary Jerome Augustine Hesychius
  θρηνος (lamentation) — copᵇᵒ
  θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμός (lamentation and weeping) — C D E K L W Δ Π Σ 0233 ƒ¹³, most minuscules 𝔐/Byz, ℓ 70, ℓ 150, ℓ 185, ℓ 1761, it syrs,c,h arm eth geo slav Origen Proclus
  Matthew 2:18
  βρυγμος (gnashing) — Z
  οδυρμος (wailing) — rell
  Matthew 2:21
  ηλθεν (came) – D L W 0233 0250 ƒ¹ ƒ¹³ 33 copᵖᵗ 𝔐
  εισηλθεν (entered) – א B C copᵖᵗ
  επανηλθεν (was returning) – copᵖᵗ Eusebius
  Matthew 3:3
  φωνη βοωντος εν τη ερημω (A voice shouting in the wild) – omitted by syrˢ
  Matthew 3:3
  ευθειας ποιειτε τας τριβους αυτου (Make his paths straight) – omitted by itᵏ syrˢ
  Matthew 3:3 (see Isaiah 40:3)
  του Θεου ημων (of our God) – itᵇ syrᶜ Irenaeus
  omitted (see previous variant) – itᵏ syrˢ
  αυτου – rell
  Matthew 3:5
  παιδια Ιεροσολυμα (the children of Jerusalem) – syrs,c
  τα Ιεροσολυμα (the Jerusalemites) – 157 1071ᶜ
  πασα Ιεροσολ
caption: Matt 3:10-12 from Papyrus 101
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