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Matthew 26
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matthew.26.mt26Covenant
τὸ αἷμά μου τῆς διαθήκης / τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης
TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Does Jesus say ‘my blood of the covenant’ or ‘my blood of the new covenant’?
The shorter wording has the strongest early support in Matthew. Many later witnesses add ‘new,’ likely under the influence of Luke and 1 Corinthians. Once the text is chosen, ‘covenant’ itself can also be rendered agreement or pact.
Why this default
The shorter ‘covenant’ is default because it has strong early and diverse support. ‘New’ is an intelligible liturgical and Synoptic-Pauline expansion; the separate agreement option exposes the translation layer after the manuscript fork is decided.
Evidence
ExternalShort reading: P37, P45, א, B, L, Z and important early versions; ‘new covenant’: A, C, D, K, W, Δ, Θ, family 13 and the broad later tradition.
Internal‘New’ could readily enter from Luke 22:20 or 1 Corinthians 11:25. Its loss from the shorter text is harder to explain, while the compact Exodus echo fits Matthew’s wording.
Project defaultmy blood of the covenant
Project default · shorter early reading
Witnessesτῆς διαθήκης · P37, P45, א, B, L, ZAlternativemy blood of the new covenant
Widespread expanded reading
Witnessesτῆς καινῆς διαθήκης · A, C, D, K, W, Δ, Θ, f¹³, ByzantineAlternativemy blood of the covenant [binding agreement]
Translation layer exposed
Witnessesτῆς διαθήκης · translation option on the shorter textAlternativemy blood of the [new] covenant
Fork visible in-line
WitnessesDisplay option · καινῆς shown as disputedRecord integrity
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