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The Death of the Testator and the Blood of the Covenant
Hebrews 9 joins covenant, testament, sacrifice, death, and inheritance in Christ without severing testamentary force from Sinai’s blood.
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Diplomatic and Eclectic Editions: Why the Old and New Testament Projects Are Not Identical
BHS and BHQ reproduce an identified Hebrew manuscript above the apparatus; Nestle–Aland and UBS print an eclectic editorial reconstruction. The projects must not be described as though they were identical.
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Matthew 20:22–23 — The Cup and the Baptism: Has Christ’s Saying Been Shortened?
The mother of James and John asks for thrones. Jesus answers with a cup and, in the received text, a baptism.
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Matthew 26:3, 28, 59–60 — Caiaphas, the New Testament, and the False Witnesses
Four details in Matthew 26 have been shortened in the critical text: the scribes at Caiaphas’s palace, the new testament in Christ’s blood, the elders among those seeking false witness, and part of…
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Matthew 28:9–20 — Meeting, Worshiping, and the Closing “Amen”: Variants in the Resurrection Commission
Matthew closes with meeting, worship, command, and promise. Three received details are disputed: the women meet Jesus “as they went to tell his disciples”; the eleven worship him in Galilee; and the Gospel…
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Mark 1:1 — “Jesus Christ, the Son of God”: Does the Full Title Belong?
The opening line of Mark varies at its final title. The question is not whether Mark presents Jesus as God’s Son, but whether “the Son of God” stood in the Gospel’s first sentence.
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Mark 1:2 — “In the Prophets” or “in Isaiah the Prophet”? The Opening Citation
Mark introduces a composite citation with either “in the prophets” or “in Isaiah the prophet.” The difference forces a question about quotation formulas, not about whether Scripture contains an error.
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Mark 1:8 — Water, the Holy Ghost, and the Two Baptisms of John’s Testimony
The main texts agree on John’s contrast between water and the Holy Ghost, but differ over small particles and a preposition. Those details affect balance and emphasis, not the identity of either baptism.
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The Church Must Receive, Confess, and Use the Text God Has Preserved
The doctrine of Scripture cannot end in a library.
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Mark 1:14 — “The Gospel of the Kingdom of God”: Has the Kingdom Been Removed?
The received text says Jesus preached “the gospel of the kingdom of God.” The critical text shortens the expression to “the gospel of God,” though the kingdom remains explicit in the next verse.
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Mark 1:41 — Moved with Compassion or Moved with Anger? Jesus and the Leper
A striking minority reading says Jesus was moved with anger when the leper appealed to him. The received and principal critical texts retain compassion, but the harder reading has shaped modern discussion.
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The Stream Cannot Correct the Fountain
A Greek translation may preserve ancient evidence and serve the Church as a valuable witness. It cannot become the judge of the inspired Hebrew text from which its authority is derived.
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