Evangelização

19 Πορευθέντες*35 ℵA [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 ουν B,W [5%] TR,NU ¦ νυν D μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος· 20 διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν· καὶ ἰδού, ἐγὼ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος.» Ἀμήν.*35 [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ --- ℵA,B,D,W [1.5%] NU,*35 [50%] have, "published eight years after the ascension of Christ", to which all but f35 add, "in Jerusalem". For 50% of the MSS to have this information probably means that the tradition is ancient; and of course, I have demonstrated, to my own satisfaction at least, that f35 goes back at least to the 3rd century. If this information is correct, then Matthew was ‘published’ in 38/39 AD. The same sources have Mark published two years later (40/41) and Luke another five years later (45/46), while John was ‘published’ thirty-two years after the ascension, or 61/62 AD. Not only were the authors eyewitnesses of the events, but many others were still alive when the Gospels appeared. They could attest to the veracity of the accounts, but could also be the source of textual variants, adding tidbits here and there, or ‘correcting’ something that they remembered differently.,*35 is based on the following fifty-one MSS—18, 35, 55, 128, 204, 246, 363, 386, 402, 479, 510, 547, 553, 586, 685, 757, 789, 824, 867, 897, 928, 1062, 1072, 1075, 1111, 1117, 1145, 1189, 1339, 1435, 1461, 1496, 1503, 1551, 1560, 1572, 1637, 1652, 1667, 1694, 1713, 2122, 2175, 2253, 2352, 2382, 2466, 2503, 2554, 2765 and I.2110—all of which I collated myself. I also took account of two collated by Scrivener (201, 480), but did not re-collate them. 2554 is a ‘perfect’ representative of f35 in Matthew, as it stands, while the exemplars of 1072, 1117, 1461, 1496, 1713 and I.2110 presumably were as well. Others come very close. The uniformity is impressive. Since these MSS come from all over the Mediterranean world (Sinai, Jerusalem, Patmos, Bucharest, Moscow, Constantinople, Lesbos, Leukosia, Aegean, Meteora, Kalavrita, Tirana, Mt. Athos [ten different monasteries], Athens, Corinth?, Bologna, Grottaferrata, Vatican, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception.I have included six published editions in the apparatus—RP,HF,OC,CP,TR,NU. RP = Robinson-Pierpont (2005), HF = Hodges-Farstad, OC = the Greek Text of the Greek Orthodox Church (also used by other Orthodox Churches), CP = Complutensian Polyglot, TR = Textus Receptus, NU = N-A26/UBS3 (N-A27/UBS4 offer changes in the critical apparatus, not in the text; the text is still that of N-A26/UBS3). In the statements of evidence I have included the percentage of manuscript attestation for each variant within either ( ) or [ ]. I have used ( ) for the evidence taken from TuT, which I take to be reasonably precise. For the variant sets that are not covered there, I mainly depended on Legg (Novum Testamentum Graece Secundum Textum Westcotto-Hortianum. Evangelium Secundum Matthaeum [Ed. S.C.E. Legg, Oxonii: E. Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1940]). I occasionally supplemented from Swanson, Scrivener and von Soden—the percentages offered, I have used [ ] for these, are extrapolations based on a comparison of these sources. I venture to predict, if complete collations ever become available, that for any non-Byzantine variants listed with 5 to 1% support (in my apparatus) the margin of error should not exceed ±2%; for non-Byzantine variants listed with 10 to 6% support the margin of error should hardly exceed ±4%; where there is some division among the Byzantine witnesses the margin of error should rarely exceed ±15%—since my sources had collated a lower percentage of the extant MSS than ECM for the General Epistles, for example, my guesses as to percentages are more tentative than they were there, except that I guarantee the witness of f35. As an arbitrary decision, I have limited the citation of individual MSS to those dated to the 5th century or earlier. I use rell to indicate that the reading is supported by all other primary witnesses, and printed editions (of the six included in the apparatus), compared to the other reading.

15 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· «Πορευθέντες εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἅπαντα, κηρύξατε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει.

8 Ἀλλὰ λήψεσθε*35 [93%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ληψεσθαι [5%] ¦ λημψεσθαι ℵC,D ¦ λημψεσθε A,B,NU δύναμιν, ἐπελθόντος τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς· καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι*35 [98%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ μου ℵA,B,C,D [2%] NU μάρτυρες—ἔν τε Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ*35 A,C,D [25%] ¦ 1 εν ℵB [75%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP[NU] πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς.»

14 Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. Οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη.

13 Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς· ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ, ἐν τίνι ἁλισθήσεται; Εἰς οὐδὲν ἰσχύει ἔτι εἰ μὴ βληθῆναι ἔξω καὶ*35 D,W [99%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ βληθεν 2 ℵB,C [1%] NU καταπατεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

15 Οὐδὲ καίουσιν λύχνον καὶ τιθέασιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. 16 Οὕτως λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα καὶ δοξάσωσιν τὸν Πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

Peter, Andrew, James and John

17 Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν, «Μετανοεῖτε, ἤγγικεν γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.»

Faith

16 Οὐ γὰρ ἐπαισχύνομαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ,*35 [97%] OC,RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [3%] NU δύναμις γὰρ Θεοῦ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι (Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον, καὶ Ἕλληνι)·

17 Ἄρα* ¦ 1 ουν [10%] ἡ πίστις ἐξ ἀκοῆς, ἡ δὲ ἀκοὴ διὰ ῥήματος Θεοῦ.*35 A [98%] OC,RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ χριστου 𝕻46ℵB,C [2%] NU

2 Οὐ γὰρ ἔκρινα τοῦ*35 [93%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [7%] NU εἰδέναι τι*35 ℵA [97%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 21 B,C [3%] NU ἐν ὑμῖν εἰ μὴ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ τοῦτον ἐσταυρωμένον.

A review

1 Γνωρίζω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ὃ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, ὃ καὶ παρελάβετε, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἑστήκατε· 2 δι᾿ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, εἰ κατέχετε—ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε.

14 εἰς ὃ*35 A,B [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και ℵ [6%] [NU] ἐκάλεσεν ὑμᾶς διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἡμῶν, εἰς περιποίησιν δόξης τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

15 Κύριον δὲ τὸν Θεὸν*35 [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστον 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [6%] NU ἁγιάσατε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, ἕτοιμοι δὲ*35 [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [17%] NU ἀεὶ πρὸς ἀπολογίαν παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λόγον περὶ τῆς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐλπίδος,*35 [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 αλλα 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [19%] NU μετὰ πραΰτητος* ¦ πραοτητος [15%] καὶ φόβου·

35 Ἐν τούτῳ γνώσονται πάντες ὅτι ἐμοὶ μαθηταί ἐστε, ἐὰν ἀγάπην ἔχητε ἐν ἀλλήλοις.»

8 Ἐν τούτῳ ἐδοξάσθη ὁ Πατήρ μου· ἵνα καρπὸν πολὺν φέρητε· καὶ γενήσεσθε*35 [96%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ γενησθε B [3%] NU ¦ γενησεσθαι ℵA [0.5%] ¦ γενησθαι 𝕻66vD [0.5%] ἐμοὶ μαθηταί.

47 Οὕτως γὰρ ἐντέταλται ἡμῖν ὁ Κύριος· ‹Τέθεικά* ¦ τεθηκα [20%] ¦ τεθικα ℵ σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς.› »

24 Ἀλλ᾿ οὐδενὸς λόγον*35 A,D (89.9%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ λογου ℵB,C (2.9%) NU ¦ τουτων 1 (6.9%) ¦ one other variant ποιοῦμαι, οὐδὲ ἔχω*35 (95.6%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 321 A(D) (2.3%) ¦ 1 ℵB,C (1.5%) NU τὴν ψυχήν μου*35 D (87%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C (13%) NU τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ, ὡς* ¦ ωστε [20%] ¦ ως το C ¦ του D τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου μετὰ χαρᾶς,*35 C (97.1%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,D (2.9%) NU [Observe how the attestation in ( ) fluctuates among these four variant sets, all in one verse.] καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ.

18 «Πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν*35 ℵA,B,D,W [94%] CP,HF,RP,OC,NU ¦ ενεκεν [6%] TR ἔχρισέν με εὐαγγελίσασθαι* ¦ ευαγγελιζεσθαι [1%] TR πτωχοῖς. Ἀπέσταλκέν με ἰάσασθαι τοὺς συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν,*35 A [98.5%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ --- ℵB,D,W [1.5%] NU κηρύξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν, ἀποστεῖλαι τεθραυσμένους ἐν ἀφέσει,

29 Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ*35 D [50%] HF,CP,TR,OC ¦ 1 A,W [20%] RP ¦ ∼ και 1 C,N [29%] ¦ --- ℵB [1%] NU ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν·*35 A,C,N,W [99%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ ∼ εφη 12 B [0.5%] NU ¦ ∼ εφη αυτω 12 ℵ ¦ 12 D ¦ one other variant «Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐδείς ἐστιν ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίαν ἢ ἀδελφοὺς ἢ ἀδελφὰς ἢ πατέρα ἢ μητέρα*35 ℵA,N [99%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ ∼ 321 B,C,W [1%] NU ¦ 3 D ἢ γυναῖκα*35 A,C,N (98.1%) HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ --- ℵB,D,W (1.8%) NU ¦ two other variants (0.1%) ἢ τέκνα ἢ ἀγρούς, ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ ἕνεκεν*35 C,N,W [90%] HF,RP,CP,OC,NU ¦ --- ℵA,B [10%] TR ¦ ενεκα D [0.5%] τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, 30 ἐὰν μὴ λάβῃ ἑκατονταπλασίονα, νῦν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ—οἰκίας καὶ ἀδελφοὺς καὶ ἀδελφὰς καὶ πατέρα καὶ μητέρα*35 [40%] OC ¦ πατερας 2 μητερας N [2%] ¦ μητερας B [55%] HF,RP,CP,TR,NU ¦ 3 A,C,D,W [3%] ¦ long omission ℵ καὶ τέκνα καὶ ἀγρούς (μετὰ διωγμῶν)—καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

35 Ὃς γὰρ ἂν*35 A,D,W [95%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ εαν ℵB,C [5%] NU θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ*35 A,W [95%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ απολεσει ℵB,C [5%] NU ¦ --- D τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ*35 𝕻45vℵA,B,C [45%] TR,NU ¦ ∼ εαυτου 1 W [55%] HF,RP,CP,OC ¦ --- D ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος*35 [90%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ --- 𝕻45ℵA,B,C,D,W [10%] NU σώσει αὐτήν.

27 οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ Θεὸς γνωρίσαι τίς ὁ*35 ℵC [40%] OC,TR ¦ τι το 𝕻46A,B [60%] RP,HF,CP,NU (In the context the masculine gender is correct—𝕻46A,B [4%] NU are consistent in that they go on to read ὅ εστιν Χριστος, but not the [56%] RP,HF,CP.) πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ* ¦ --- CP μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὅς*35 ℵC,I [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο 𝕻46A,B [4%] NU ἐστιν Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης·

1 Σὺ δὲ λάλει ἃ πρέπει τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ·