Hypomnema on Matthew, by Symeon Metaphrastes

Commentarius, auctore Symeone Metaphrasta

Standard abbreviation: Hypom. Matt.

Other titles: none

Clavis numbers: ECCA 768; CANT 271

Category: Apocryphal Acts

Compiled by Tony Burke, York University

Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Burke, Tony. “Hypomnema on Matthew, by Symeon Metaphrastes.” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/hypomnema-on-matthew-by-symeon-metaphrastes/.

Created November 2023. Current as of January 2024.

1. SUMMARY

Hypom. Matt. begins with the account of the former tax collector’s calling by Jesus (Mark 2:13–14 par.). Levi, Son of Alphaeus, is renamed Matthew as a mark of his new life as an apostle. The story then continues with Jesus in Levi’s house being asked by the Pharisees about his eating with tax collectors (Mark 2:15–17 par.) and the Great Commission (Matt 28:16–20), after which Matthew wrote his gospel. A description of the Gospel’s contents follows. Matthew preaches in Parthia and then returns to the borders of Palestine, where he encounters a vast multitude of people speaking various languages. He endures various hardships—hunger, thirst, persecution from authorities—but continues in his evangelizing efforts. After some time, Matthew moves on to Ethiopia, the region to which he was appointed by lot. There he establishes a school for the Christian faith, performs miracles, healings and exorcisms, makes converts, and is martyred (no details of his death are provided).

Named Historical Figures and Characters: Andrew (apostle), James (son of Zebedee), Jesus Christ, John (son of Zebedee), Matthew (apostle), Peter (apostle), Pontius Pilate.

Geographical Locations: Ethiopia, Galilee, Mount Tabor, Palestine, Parthia, Persia.

2. RESOURCES

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.1 Manuscripts and Editions

3.1.1 Greek (BHG 1226)

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 977, fols. 237^r–240^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 984, fols. 232^r–234^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 985, fols. 155^v–157^r (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 992, fols. 65^r–67^v (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2098, fols. 280^v–283^v (12th/13th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2102, fols. 206^v–209^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2107, fols. 188^v–191^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2470, fols. 198^r–220^v (14th/15th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2482, fols. 92^r–93^v (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2522, fols. 24^v–27^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes; ATHENS

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliothek, GKS 167 2°, fols. 2^r–4^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagias Triados 81, fols. 236^v–239^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagias Triados 82, fols. 2–5 (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagias Triados 83, fols. 17^r–19^v (11th/12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagias Triados 84, fols. 24^v–27^v (14th and 16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Jerusalem, Patriarchikē bibliothēkē, Hagiou Saba 33, fols. 257–260 (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; IMAGES

Jerusalem, Patriarchikē bibliothēkē, Hagiou Saba 170, fols. 151–? (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; IMAGES

Messina, Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria ‘Giacomo Longo’, San Salvatoris 28, fols. 163^r–163^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; IMAGES

Messina, Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria ‘Giacomo Longo’, San Salvatoris 48, fols. 90–92 (11th/12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Messina, Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria ‘Giacomo Longo’, San Salvatoris 70, fols. 186–188 (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Meteora, Monē Barlaam, 16, fols. 249^v–251^v (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Meteora, Monē Hagias Triados, 96, fols. 121^r–123^v (1345–1346) ~ Pinakes

Meteora, Monē Metamorphōseōs, 370, fols. 27^v–30^r (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Meteora, Monē Metamorphōseōs, 496, fols. 8^v–10^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Moscow, Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej, Sinod gr. 170 (Vlad 361), fols. 245^v–248^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Bibliothēkē tou Prōtatou (Karues), 2 (Lambros 2), fols. 152^r–152^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Athos

Mount Athos, Monē Batopediou, 491, fols. 103–105 (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Batopediou, 493, fols. 18–21 (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Batopediou, 496, fols. 224–226 (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Hagiou Panteleēmonos, 201 (Lambros 5708), pp. 216–218 (1810–1811) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Megistēs Lauras, E 185 (Eustratiades 647), fols. 29–33 (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Megistēs Lauras, Ω 150 (Eustratiades 1962), Part 1, fols. 19–22 (1756) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Pantokratos, 102 (Lambros 1136), fols. not provided (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Naples, Biblioteca nazaionale Vittorio Emanuele III, II.C.29, fols. 263–266 (12th/13th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Catalog

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Holkham gr. 16, fols. 391^v–393^v (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Catalog

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 774, fols. 447^v–451^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1020, fols. 300^v–304^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1513, fols. 270^v–273^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1525, fols. 257^r–259^v (13th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1530, fols. 19^r–22^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1541, fols. 368^r–371^r (12th/13th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1544, fol. 32^v (15th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1545, fol. 42^v (13th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1549, fols. 146^r–148^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

Sofia, C’rkovnoistoričeskija i archiven Institut, 805, fols. 102^v–104^v (1345) ~ Pinakes

Sofia, C’rkovnoistoričeskija i archiven Institut, 806, fols. 5^v, 1^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. gr. 524, fols. 2–5 (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. gr. 563, fols. 1–4 (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ott. gr. 427, fols. 213^v–216^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 804, fols. 240^v–242^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 806, fols. 19^v–22^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 810, fols. 219^v–222^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 821, fols. 207^r–214^v (11th/12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1595, fols. 29^v–31^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1596, fols. 17^v–19^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 2037, fols. 309^v–312^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. II.167b (coll. 1109), fols. 245^r–247^v (1481) ~ Pinakes

Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. VII.53 (coll. 1304), fols. 135^r–136^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

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Migne, Jacques Paul. Patrologiae cursus completus: Series graeca. Vol. 115. Paris: Apud Garnier Fratres et J.-P. Migne Successores, 1899 (edition based on Paris, BNF, gr. 1430 [sic.; perhaps gr. 1530], pp. 813–20).

3.2 Modern Translations

3.2.1 Latin

Bolland, Jean et al., eds. Acta Sanctorum, Septembris. Vol. 6. Antwerp: P. Jacobs 1698; 3rd ed. Paris: V. Palmé, 1867 (excerpt, pp. 225–27).

3.3 General Works

Lipsius, Richard A. Die Apokryphen Apostelgeschichten und Apostellegenden. Ein Beitrag zur altchristlichen Literaturgeschichte. 2 vols. Braunschweig: Schwetschke, 1883–1887 (see vol. 2.2, pp. 127–28).