page_title: Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew
section_title: Matthew 26
hierarchical_section_title: Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew / Matthew 26
caption_attribution_description: English: Papyrus 53 Nederlands: Papyrus 53
context_page_description: Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew 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.
  An abbreviated list of textual variants in this particular book is given in this article below.
  Origen, writing in the 3rd century, was one of the first who made remarks about differences between manuscripts of texts that were eventually collected as the New Testament. He declared his preferences among variant readings. For example, in Matthew 27:16–17, he favored "Barabbas" against "Jesus Barabbas". "Gergeza" was preferred over "Geraza" or "Gadara".
  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.
context_section_description: Matthew 26:3
  οι αρχιερεις — ⁴⁵ א A B D L Θ 089, f¹, f¹³, 565 700 892 1424 al lat syrˢ cop
  οι αρχιερεις και οι γραμματεις — 0133, 0255, Byz it syrp.h
  οι αρχιερεις και οι Φαρισαιοι — W
  Matthew 26:7
  βαρυτιμου – B, W, 089, 0133, 0255, f¹, f¹³, Byz, syrʰ
  πολυτιμου – א, A, D, L, Θ, 33, 700, 892, 1010, 1424
  Matthew 26:28
  τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης (the new covenant) A C D K W Π Δ f¹ f¹³ Byz latt syr cosa, bo Irenaeusˡᵃᵗ
  τῆς διαθήκης (the covenant) ³⁷ ⁴⁵ᵛⁱᵈ א B L Z Θ 0298ᵛⁱᵈ 33 mae-1 coᵇᵒᵐˢ Irenaeusᵃʳᵐ
  Matthew 26:29
  πινω – majority of mss.
  πιω – ³⁷ D Θ 565
  Matthew 26:44
  omits text ἐκ τρίτου (out a third time) with ³⁷ A K Π f¹ 157 565 652 1424 ita,b,d,ff²,r¹
  Matthew 26:60
  ψευδομάρτυρες (false witnesses) (A) C D N W f¹³ 33 1241 Byz latt syr
  omit text — א B L Θ f¹ syrᵖ co
  Matthew 26:71 reads εἶδεν αὐτὸν ἄλλη παιδίσκη (another maidservant saw him) with itᵐˢˢ vgᵐˢˢ
caption: Matthew 26:29-35 from Papyrus 53
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