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Matthew 16:2–3 — “The Signs of the Times”: Is the Weather Saying Authentic?
The red sky saying in Matthew 16:2–3 is absent from several important early witnesses. Modern editions either bracket it, print it with a warning, or move it to a note.
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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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Matthew 17:20 — Unbelief or Little Faith? Why the Disciples Could Not Cast It Out
The disciples had tried and failed to cast out a devil. When they ask why, the received text answers unbelief.
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The Received Text Must Not Be Simplistically Equated with One Immaculate Printed Edition
Providential preservation does not require one inspired printer or one independently immaculate early edition; it requires the church’s possession of the text God inspired and preserved.
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Matthew 17:21 — “Prayer and Fasting”: Is the Entire Verse Authentic?
Many modern Bibles move this sentence to a footnote. The earliest Greek witnesses behind the critical text omit the entire verse, while the received text and the broad later tradition keep it.
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Matthew 18:11 — “The Son of Man Is Come to Save That Which Was Lost”
This sentence stands between Christ’s warning not to despise his little ones and the parable of the wandering sheep. The Textus Receptus keeps it.
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Authorized Succession Is Not Textual Corruption
The New Testament fulfills a divinely promised administration; it does not correct a defective Old Testament. Revelation may advance by the Author’s authority, while scribes may not revise it.
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Matthew 18:15, 35 — “Against Thee” and “Their Trespasses”: Two Disputed Personalizing Clauses
Two short phrases make Christ’s commands personal. In verse 15, the received text says a brother sins against thee.
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The Same Words, Another Doctrine: Lane Keister, Equivocation, and the Ninth Commandment
Shows that Lane Keister’s claim of precise agreement on preservation depends upon giving the historic term a different aggregate and reconstructive meaning, then applies the Ninth Commandment to the resulting public equivocation without alleging knowledge of his heart.
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A Distinction Must Be Maintained among the Text, Its Witnesses, and Its Editions
The inspired text, the manuscripts that witness it, and the editions that present it must be distinguished without separating the text from its providentially preserved witnesses.
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Matthew 19:9 — Fornication, Remarriage, and the Disputed Final Adultery Clause
Matthew 19:9 carries several small shifts in the exception clause, but the largest dispute comes at the end. The Textus Receptus says that the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Matthew 19:17 — “Why Callest Thou Me Good?” The Rich Young Ruler and the Goodness of God
The rich young man calls Jesus “Good Master” and asks what good thing he must do to have eternal life. The Textus Receptus answers, “Why callest thou me good?” The critical text reads, “Why askest thou me…
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