New text found in manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew under ultraviolet light

Experts from the Austrian Academy of Sciences examined the Bible under ultraviolet light and came across a new, previously unknown chapter.

The new text of the Holy Scripture was found under the light of an ultraviolet lamp. It turned out that the pages below the text retained another layer of an earlier version of chapter 12. In total there were three layers, under which the first text was hidden.

We are talking about the Gospel of the New Testament, which is now kept in the Vatican Library. as the first of the four canonical gospels.

To date, scientists continue to research. It is likely that the data obtained will help historians to understand in more detail the stages of compiling the Bible. Writes about it Gazeta.ru with reference to New Testament Studies.

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