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John 5:2 — Bethesda, Bethzatha, or Bethsaida? The Name of the Pool
The pool’s name circulated in several spellings; Scrivener and the SBLGNT read Bethesda, while NA28 adopts Bethzatha.
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Luke 8:43 — “Had Spent All Her Living upon Physicians”: Is the Clause Authentic?
The clause about spending her whole livelihood on physicians is omitted by some influential early witnesses and by certain critical editions, but retained by the received text and by other modern Greek editions.
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Luke 9:55–56 — “The Son of Man Is Not Come to Destroy Men’s Lives, but to Save Them”
The received text records Christ’s full rebuke and mission statement. The critical text says only that he turned and rebuked them, then they went to another village.
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Luke 10:1, 17 — Seventy or Seventy-Two? Counting the Lord’s Other Disciples
The received text appoints seventy and later records the return of seventy. The critical text commonly prints seventy-two in both places; both numbers have early, geographically broad support.
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Luke 22:43–44 I — The Manuscript Evidence for the Angel and the Bloody Sweat
The received text includes the strengthening angel, Christ’s agony, and sweat like drops of blood. The passage is absent from several major early witnesses, present in many others including an early fragment, marked in some copies, and transposed in a small stream.
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Mark 15:34 — Eloi, Eli, or Another Form? The Cry of Dereliction in Greek Transmission
The Aramaic cry appears in many spellings: Eloi or Eli, lama or lema, and several forms of sabachthani. Mark’s Greek interpretation remains stable enough to govern the meaning.
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Mark 16:9–20 I — The Manuscript Case for the Last Twelve Verses
The last twelve verses are absent from a small but important group headed by Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, yet present in the overwhelming majority of Greek copies and in major early codices from other textual streams.
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Mark 16:9–20 III — Lectionaries, Eusebian Sections, and Ecclesiastical Reception
Lectionaries read portions of the ending at Easter and Ascension, while early Eusebian section systems often stop at verse 8. These are different kinds of evidence and should not be forced into one verdict.
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Mark 16:9–20 IV — The So-Called Shorter Ending: Rival Conclusion or Secondary Summary?
A compact “shorter ending” says the women reported to Peter and that Jesus sent the proclamation from east to west. Most Greek witnesses that contain it also continue with verses 9–20.
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Luke 1:46 — Mary or Elisabeth? Who Spoke the Magnificat?
Every known Greek manuscript names Mary as the speaker of the Magnificat. “Elisabeth” is an Old Latin minority reading and a useful warning against turning every ancient variant into a balanced contest.
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Luke 1:68 — “The Lord God of Israel”: The Opening of Zacharias’s Prophecy
The principal Greek editions agree on the opening of Zacharias’s prophecy. Minor variations do not remove either “Lord” or “God of Israel” from the established text.
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Luke 3:33 — Admin, Aram, and Amminadab: The Genealogical Sequence under Review
The received genealogy moves from Amminadab to Aram. The critical text prints the difficult sequence “Admin, Arni,” supported by early witnesses but unattested in the Old Testament genealogies in that form.
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