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Matthew 25:13, 31, 44 — The Son of Man’s Coming and the Final Judgment: Three Disputed Clauses
Three small clauses in Matthew 25 name Christ and his court. The Textus Receptus says the Son of man comes in verse 13, calls the angels holy in verse 31, and says the condemned answer him in verse 44.
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Correcting the Scrivener: Mistake, Reformation, and the Testator’s Actual Intention
A copyist’s mistake is corrected by returning to the author’s actual words, not by improving his general purpose. Modern will-reformation cases sharpen the line between ministerial correction and editorial creation.
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The Traditional Text Must Be Evaluated as a Providential Whole
Modern textual criticism habitually presents each textual variant as an independent contest.
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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 27:16–49 — Jesus Barabbas, Vinegar and Gall, Divided Garments, the King of Israel, and the Spear Thrust
The passion narrative carries several famous variants. Some early manuscripts call the released prisoner Jesus Barabbas.
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Evidence Is Not the Instrument: Manuscripts, Editions, and the Rule of Faith
Manuscripts and critical apparatuses are indispensable witnesses, but the rule of faith is the divine text to which they witness. Confusing evidence with Scripture reverses their proper authority.
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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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Difficult Variants Must Be Resolved Within the Received Text
The previous thesis argued that the traditional text must be evaluated as a providential whole. That conclusion immediately raises a practical question.
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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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What James White Answered—and What He Did Not
James White said he had fully refuted Chris Thomas’s charge. This article identifies the claim he answered, the question left open, and the exact confessional test that must govern the dispute.
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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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No Brute Facts: Manuscripts Do Not Interpret Themselves
A manuscript’s date, wording, location, and genealogical relations are real facts. Their textual significance is not self-interpreting. Bahnsen’s doctrine of facts requires a theological account of the evidence.
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