Matthew 3:7 — “His Baptism”: Does the Pronoun Belong in John’s Rebuke?
The difference is a pronoun. The Textus Receptus calls the rite his baptism—John’s.
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The Supreme Judge of All Religious Controversies: Why Scripture Judges Councils, Confessions, Scholars, Churches, and Private Spirits
Scripture is the supreme court of religious controversy; councils, confessions, scholars, churches, and private judgments possess only subordinate authority.
Open record →Matthew 2:18 — “Lamentation, Weeping, and Great Mourning”: The Full Text of Rachel’s Cry
The received quotation gives three sounds: lamentation, weeping, and great mourning. The critical text omits the first pair of words and begins with “weeping and great mourning.” Rachel…
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Four Different Doctrines Hiding Under One Word: Survival, Recoverability, Identifiability, and Public Possession
Material survival, critical recoverability, textual identifiability, and public possession are four different claims; only careful distinction reveals what a doctrine of preservation actually supplies.
Open record →Matthew 2:5 — Did a Copyist Add Micah—or Even Isaiah—to the Prophetic Citation?
When Herod asks where Christ should be born, the priests answer from the prophet. The Textus Receptus and the standard critical text introduce the answer with the bare…
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