Matthew 5:47 — Publicans or Gentiles? Identifying Christ’s Comparison
The final comparison varies. The Textus Receptus says publicans; the critical text says Gentiles.
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Matthew 5:44 — Love, Bless, Do Good, and Pray: The Full Command Concerning Enemies
The critical text shortens this fourfold command to two parts: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. The Textus Receptus also says to bless those…
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Matthew 5:37 — “Let Your Communication Be, Yea, Yea”: The Imperative Form of the Saying
One final vowel changes the verb from command to prediction. The received text reads ἔστω, “let it be.” A smaller ancient stream reads ἔσται, “it will be.” The…
Open record →Matthew 5:32 — The Omitted Adultery Clause in Christ’s Teaching on Divorce
A small ancient stream omits this final warning. The Textus Receptus keeps it, and so do the standard modern critical editions.
Open record →Matthew 5:27 — “Said by Them of Old Time”: The Fuller Introduction to the Seventh Commandment
The phrase by them of old time is missing from the modern critical text and from the reconstructed Byzantine majority text. The Textus Receptus stands here as a…
Open record →Matthew 5:22 — “Without a Cause”: Does Christ Condemn Every Form of Anger?
The words without a cause are absent from several important early witnesses. The Textus Receptus keeps the Greek adverb εἰκῇ.
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