[bunkerhill7]

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/was-matthews-gospel-first-written-in-aramaic-or-hebrew

[dartuser]

That is a good summary of the evidence ... I'm sure you have seen the arguments against that evidence. If not, here is one source ... but there are many others.

http://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH-hebrew-matthew.htm

But the evidence I am seeking is an actual MSS ... from the time period of the first that presumably made the claim (article says Irenaeus ~180 AD).

P46 is circa 2nd century ... its Greek.

Anyway ... I do notice that most Catholics who take the 'Matthew was written in Hebrew/Aramaic' view eventually use it to make the lexical claim in Matt 16 that "Peter is the rock."

However, I believe in this case ... Necessity truly is the Mother of Invention.