Early Alexandrian witnesses secure Matthew 1’s original text, preserving hard readings in the genealogy, the anaphoric incipit, and restrained fulfillment formulas.
NTTC MATTHEW 1:6: Is “the King” mentioned once or twice in reference to David in the original?
“The King” in the earliest manuscripts (𝔓1 א B) was only mentioned once in reference to David’s being mentioned twice (“Jesse became the father of David the king. And David became the father of Solomon”). It was ...

