Updated American Standard Version
Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
Clear, early readings in Matthew 28 show concise original wording; later expansions reflect piety and liturgy, not Matthew’s hand.
Matthew 26’s earliest text is concise and coherent. Alexandrian witnesses preserve Matthew’s wording against later harmonizing and liturgical expansions.
Alexandrian documentary evidence clarifies Matthew 17’s original text, exposing harmonizations and clarifications while preserving Matthew’s distinctive diction.
