Matthew 1:25 — “Her Firstborn Son” or Simply “a Son”?
The Textus Receptus says Mary bore her firstborn son. The critical text reads more briefly, “she bore a son.” Between those forms stand manuscripts that keep firstborn but…
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The Supreme Judge of All Religious Controversies
The Reformed doctrine neither enthrones the church nor the individual: every council, teacher, scholar, and private judgment stands beneath the Holy Ghost speaking in Scripture.
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What Convocation Actually Authorized
The Revisers were not forbidden to consider Greek variants. Their own rules expressly authorized textual changes when the evidence was judged decidedly preponderating. The real controversy begins after…
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Office, Authority, and the Duty of Every Christian to Confess the Truth: Why Christ’s Appointment of Shepherds Does Not Silence the Sheep
Christ gives real authority to church officers and real duties of confession, discernment, and admonition to every Christian; neither truth cancels the other.
Open record →Matthew 1:22 — Did a Copyist Name Isaiah in Matthew’s Prophetic Formula?
Matthew does not name the prophet here. The quotation comes from Isaiah 7:14, and a small line of witnesses supplies Isaiah’s name.
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