Textual variants in books of the New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text being reproduced. The critical editions of the Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...

 are based on all available papyri: Papyrus 1, Papyrus 19, Papyrus 21

Papyrus 21

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, Papyrus 25, Papyrus 35, Papyrus 37, Papyrus 44, Papyrus 45

Papyrus 45

Papyrus 45 is an early New Testament manuscript which is a part of the Chester Beatty Papyri. It was probably created around 250 in Egypt. It contains the texts of Matthew 20-21 and 25-26; Mark 4-9 and 11-12; Luke 6-7 and 9-14; John 4-5 and 10-11; and Acts 4-17...

, Papyrus 53, Papyrus 62, Papyrus 64, Papyrus 70, Papyrus 71, Papyrus 77, Papyrus 86, and on the following uncials: 01

Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the four great uncial codices, an ancient, handwritten copy of the Greek Bible. It is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written in the 4th century in uncial letters on parchment. Current scholarship considers the Codex Sinaiticus to be one of the best Greek texts of...

, 02

Codex Alexandrinus

The Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th century manuscript of the Greek Bible,The Greek Bible in this context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early history of Christianity...

, 03

Codex Vaticanus

The Codex Vaticanus , is one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Greek Bible , one of the four great uncial codices. The Codex is named for the residence in the Vatican Library, where it has been stored since at least the 15th century...

, 04

Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus

Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus is an early 5th century Greek manuscript of the Bible, the last in the group of the four great uncial manuscripts...

, 05

Codex Bezae

The Codex Bezae Cantabrigensis, designated by siglum Dea or 05 , δ 5 , is a codex of the New Testament dating from the 5th century written in an uncial hand on vellum. It contains, in both Greek and Latin, most of the four Gospels and Acts, with a small fragment of the 3 John...

, 019

Codex Regius (New Testament)

Codex Regius designated by siglum Le or 019 , ε 56 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 8th century. The manuscript is lacunose. It has marginalia....

, 032

Codex Washingtonianus

The Codex Washingtonianus or Codex Washingtonensis, designated by W or 032 , ε 014 , also called the Washington Manuscript of the Gospels, and The Freer Gospel, contains the four biblical gospels and was written in Greek on vellum in the fourth or fifth century...

, 035

Codex Dublinensis

Codex Dublinensis designated by Z or 035 , ε 26 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels, dated palaeographically to the 6th century. The manuscript is lacunose.- Description :...

, 038

Codex Koridethi

The Codex Koridethi, also named Codex Coridethianus, designated by Θ, 038, or Theta , ε 050 , is a 9th century manuscript of the four Gospels. It is written in Greek with uncial script in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page...

, 058

Uncial 058

Uncial 058 , ε 010 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 4th century.- Description :...

, 064

Uncial 064

Uncial 064 designated by , ε 10 , is a Greek uncial codex of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Formerly it was labelled by Θe.Palimpsest.- Description :...

, 067

Uncial 067

Uncial 067 , ε 2 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.- Description :...

, 071

Uncial 071

Uncial 071 , ε 015 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th or 6th century. It came from Oxyrhynchus.- Description :...

, 073

Uncial 073

Uncial 073 , ε 7 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century.- Description :...

, 074, 078

Uncial 087

Uncial 087 , ε 27 ; is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century. Formerly it was labelled by Θc.- Description :...

, 084, 085

Uncial 085

Uncial 085 , ε 23 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 6th century.- Description :...

, 087

Uncial 087

Uncial 087 , ε 27 ; is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century. Formerly it was labelled by Θc.- Description :...

, 089

Uncial 089

Uncial 089 in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 28 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century. The codex now is located at the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg...

, 090, 092a, 094

Uncial 094

Uncial 094 , ε 016 ; is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century.- Description :...

, 0104

Uncial 0104

Uncial 0104 , ε 44 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is dated paleographically to the 6th century.- Description :...

, 0106

Uncial 0106

Codex Tischendorfianus I, designated by Uncial 0106 , ε 40 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It is dated palaeographically to the 7th century...

, 0107

Uncial 0107

Uncial 0107 , ε 41 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 7th century. Formerly it was labelled by Θb.- Description :...

, 0118

Uncial 0118

Uncial 0118 , ε 62 ; is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 8th century.- Description :...

, 0119, 0128

Uncial 0128

Uncial 0128 , ε 071 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century.- Description :...

, 0135

Uncial 0135

Uncial 0135 , ε 85 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century.- Description :...

, 0136

Uncial 0136

Uncial 0136 , ε 91 , is a Greek-Arabic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. Formerly it was labelled by Θh.- Description :...

, 0137, 0138, 0148

Uncial 0148

Uncial 0148 , ε 51 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. It is dated paleographically to the 8th century.- Description :...

, 0160

Uncial 0160

Uncial 0160 , ε 018 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 4th century .- Description :...

, 0161

Uncial 0161

Uncial 0161 , ε 019 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 8th century.- Description :...

, 0164

Uncial 0164

Uncial 0164 , ε 022 , is a Greek-Coptic bilingual uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 6th century .The codex currently is housed at the Berlin State Museums Uncial 0164 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 022 (Soden), is a Greek-Coptic bilingual uncial manuscript...

, 0170

Uncial 0170

Uncial 0170 , ε 026 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th century .- Description :...

, 0171

Uncial 0171

Uncial 0171 , ε 07 is two vellum leaves of a late third century Greek uncial codex containing fragments Matthew and Luke. In the Berlin Matthew and Florence Luke are taken. Matthew is a part of the Medici Library collection in Florence, Luke – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Uncial 0171 (in the...

, 0197

Uncial 0197

Uncial 0197 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 9th century.- Description :...

, 0200

Uncial 0200

Uncial 0200 , is a Greek-Coptic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 7th century. The manuscript has survived in a very fragmentary condition....

, 0204

Uncial 0204

Uncial 0204 , is a Greek-Coptic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 7th century.- Description :...

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Uncial 0231

Uncial 0231 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century.- Description :...

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Uncial 0234

Uncial 0234 , ε 49 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.- Description :...

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Uncial 0237

Uncial 0237 , ε 014 , is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.- Description :...

, 0242

Uncial 0242

Uncial 0242 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 4th century.- Description :...

, 0249

Uncial 0249

Uncial 0249 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.- Description :...

, 0255

Uncial 0255

Uncial 0255 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.- Description :...

, 0271

Uncial 0271

Uncial 0271 , is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.- Description :...

, 0275

Uncial 0275

Uncial 0275 , is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century.- Description :...

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Matthew 1-4