The Gospel of Matthew was copied and recopied for hundreds of years before the invention of the printing press,

and each new copy introduced new changes to the text.

What were those changes and how have they impacted the meaning of the Gospel?

Today, on misquoting Jesus, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to discuss how scribes changed the Gospel of Matthew and what those changes mean for us.

Welcome to Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. The only show, where a six-time New York Times

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facts about the New Testament,

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Let's begin.

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Welcome back everybody to misquoting Jesus, where today we are talking about how scribes rewrote the

Gospel of Matthew. We've also got our bonus segment, which this week is listeners questions

right at the end, and I'm going to be asking Bart why early Christians

were so fond of the book of Revelation, among other things. So be sure to stick around for that.

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