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The Authentic New Testament Is Preserved in the Greek Received Text Tradition
The doctrine of preservation must eventually identify a text.
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Matthew 14:24, 30 — “In the Midst of the Sea” and the “Boisterous” Wind: The Walking-on-the-Water Variants
Matthew places the disciples in the dark with two vivid details. The received text says the boat was “in the midst of the sea.” When Peter walks toward Jesus, he sees the wind “boisterous.” Critical…
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BHS: The Last Complete Scholarly Edition of the Hebrew Bible
BHS remains the latest complete scholarly Hebrew Bible in the Biblia Hebraica line and the stated Old Testament base of the ESV. Its main text, apparatus, conjectures, and translation departures must nevertheless be kept distinct.
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Matthew 15:4–6 — “God Commanded,” Father and Mother, and the Commandment of God
Jesus answers a tradition that made obedience expensive and evasion easy. Three readings matter in his reply.
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How Particular Readings May Be Tested
If textual criticism must be ministerial rather than magisterial, how should a particular reading actually be tested?
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Matthew 15:14 — “Blind Leaders of the Blind”: Has the Description Been Shortened?
The Textus Receptus gives Jesus’ saying in a full pair: the Pharisees are blind leaders of blind people. Some critical witnesses read simply, “They are blind guides,” and the usual critical text marks the…
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An Apologetic with a Borrowed Standard: How Guild Dependence Weakens the Defense of the Faith
A Christian cannot consistently challenge autonomous reason after granting it final jurisdiction over the identity of Scripture. The defense of the faith must begin under Christ’s Lordship, including its textual foundation.
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Ecclesiastical Reception Recognizes the Text but Does Not Create It
The church does not make the Bible. The Bible makes the church.
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Matthew 15:31 — The Maimed Made Whole: The Order and Extent of the Healing List
The mountain beside Galilee becomes a field hospital. People lay the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others at Jesus’ feet.
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Matthew 16:13 — “Whom Do Men Say That I the Son of Man Am?”
The Textus Receptus includes the pronoun me: “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” The critical text usually omits it: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Both questions plainly concern Jesus.…
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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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BHQ: An Incomplete Successor and the Limits of Calling It ‘the Hebrew Critical Text’
BHQ improves the presentation of Leningrad, the Masorah, Judean Desert evidence, ancient versions, and textual commentary. Its incomplete fascicle set cannot yet function as one complete Hebrew Bible.
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