2nd and 3rd Century Witnesses to Matthew Prior to Schøyen
Codex Schøyen: Matt 5:38-28:20 (with lacunae); first half of fourth century
Chap 1 Chap 2 Chap 3 Chap 4 Chap 5 Chap 6 Chap 7 Chap 8 Chap 9 Chap 10 Chap 11 Chap 12 Chap 13 Chap 14
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p1 1-20
5 verses unattested
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p70 13-16 22-23
17 verses unattested |
p70 1
p64+67+4? 9 15 p101 10-12 16-17
10 verses unattested |
p101 1-3 p102 11-12
22-23
17 verses unattested
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p64+67+4? 20-22 25-28
41 verses unattested |
34 verses unattested |
29 verses unattested |
34 verses unattested |
38 verses unattested |
p110 10-15 25-27 P.Berl. 11863 17-23, 25 32
34 verses unattested |
p70 26-27
28 verses unattested |
p70 4-5
48 verses unattested |
p103 55-57
55 verses unattested |
36 verses unattested |
Chap 1 5 Chap 16 Chap 17 Chap 18 Chap 19 Chap 20 Chap 21 Chap 22 Chap 23 Chap 24 Chap 25 Chap 26 Chap 27 Chap 28
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39 verses unattested
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28 verses unattested |
27 verses unattested |
35 verses unattested |
30 verses unattested |
p45 24-32
25 verses unattested |
p45 13-19
p104 34-37
43, 45
32 verses unattested |
46 verses unattested |
p77 30-39
29 verses unattested |
p70 3-6 12-15
43 verses unattested |
p45 41-46
40 verses unattested
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p45 1-39 p64+67+4? 7-8, 10 14-15 22-23 31-33 p37 19-52 p53 29-40 35 verses unattested |
66 verses unattested |
20 verses unattested |
Codex Sinaiticus: Matt complete; fourth century (331 C.E.?)
Codex Vaticanus: Matt complete; fourth century (331 C.E.?)
Codex Scheide: Matt complete; fifth
Codex Alexandrinus: Matt 25:7-28:20; fifth century
Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus: Matt defective throughout; fifth
(All these manuscripts are extremely difficult to date with precision.)
Papyri data derived from Larry W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Aritifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006), p. 217-218. The quantities are approximate and have not been verified: use at your own risk.