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VAR-2302 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 28:1 — Melita, Melitene, or Another Island? Identifying Paul’s Landfall

The verbal subject changes from third-person plural in Scrivener—‘they knew’—to first-person plural in SBLGNT and NA28—‘we learned.’ Both print Μελίτη, Melita or Malta; only Westcott–Hort’s apparatus alternative points to Melitene.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2305 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 28:29 — “The Jews Departed, and Had Great Reasoning among Themselves”

narrates the immediate result of Paul’s final word from Isaiah: his Jewish hearers leave while debating vigorously among themselves.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2303 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 28:16 — The Centurion, the Captain of the Guard, and Paul’s Permission to Dwell Alone

SBLGNT and NA28 omit the entire notice about the centurion, the prisoners, and the στρατοπεδάρχης, captain of the guard.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2304 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 28:25 — “The Holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet unto Our Fathers”: Our or Your Fathers?

The single possessive pronoun changes Paul’s relationship to the unbelieving hearers.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2299 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 27:14 — Euroclydon or Euraquilo? Naming the Tempestuous Wind

Εὐροκλύδων in Scrivener resembles a compound of east wind and wave; Εὐρακύλων in SBLGNT and NA28 combines Greek ‘east’ with Latin *aquilo*, north wind.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2298 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 26:28 — “Almost Thou Persuadest Me to Be a Christian”: What Did Agrippa Mean?

Scrivener uses γενέσθαι, ‘to become,’ while SBLGNT and NA28 use ποιῆσαι, ‘to make.’ The phrase ἐν ὀλίγῳ may concern a little time or a small argument, so Agrippa’s tone can be earnest, evasive, or ironic without changing the Greek text.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2301 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 27:37 — Two Hundred Threescore and Sixteen Souls: Is 276 the Authentic Number?

The numeral 276 is shared by Scrivener, SBLGNT, Tregelles, and NA28.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2300 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 27:16 — Clauda or Cauda? The Island That Sheltered Paul’s Ship

Scrivener reads Κλαύδην, Clauda; SBLGNT and NA28 read Καῦδα, Cauda.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2296 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 25:6 — More than Ten Days or Eight or Ten Days? Festus’s Stay at Jerusalem

Scrivener reads πλείους, ‘more,’ and the Authorized Version supplies ‘than ten days’ from the numeral tradition.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2297 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 26:14 — “It Is Hard for Thee to Kick against the Pricks”: The Saying in Its Undisputed Setting

The proverb is secure in Scrivener, SBLGNT, and NA28 at .

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2295 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 24:24 — Faith in Christ or Faith in Christ Jesus? Felix Hears Paul

Scrivener and Tregelles read only Χριστόν; SBLGNT and NA28 add Ἰησοῦν.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2294 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 24:15 — “A Resurrection of the Dead, Both of the Just and Unjust”: Does “of the Dead” Belong?

The main critical form omits νεκρῶν, ‘of the dead.’ Resurrection already implies the dead, but Scrivener states the object and then divides that raised company into just and unjust.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2291 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 23:9 — “Let Us Not Fight against God”: The Omitted End of the Pharisees’ Defense

The received text completes the Pharisees’ defense with μὴ θεομαχῶμεν, ‘let us not fight against God.’ SBLGNT and NA28 end after the possibility of a spirit or angel speaking, leaving the sentence abrupt or requiring punctuation to supply its force.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2290 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 22:26 — “Take Heed What Thou Doest”: Is the Centurion’s Warning Authentic?

Scrivener includes ὅρα, ‘see’ or ‘take heed,’ before the centurion’s question.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2293 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 24:6–8 — The Missing Account of Lysias’s Intervention and the Command to the Accusers

SBLGNT and NA28 omit Acts 24:6b–8a: the attempted Jewish hearing, Lysias’s forceful intervention, and his command that the accusers come to Felix.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2292 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 23:30 — The Accusers, the Governor, and “Farewell”: The Full Text of Claudius Lysias’s Letter

The received letter includes the reported Jewish plot, an explicit object for the accusation, and the closing Ἔρρωσο, ‘Farewell.’ SBLGNT and NA28 shorten these elements, though all forms preserve Lysias’s transfer of Paul and summons of the accusers.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2289 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 22:16 — “Calling on the Name of the Lord”: Does the Title Belong?

Scrivener names τοῦ κυρίου, ‘the Lord’; SBLGNT and NA28 use the pronoun αὐτοῦ, ‘his.’ The antecedent remains the risen Jesus who appeared to Paul and sent Ananias, but the received form states the title rather than leaving it pronominal.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2288 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 22:9 — Did Paul’s Companions Hear the Voice or Not Hear It?

The critical form omits ‘and were afraid,’ but the famous comparison with does not arise from that omission.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2287 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 21:25 — The Apostolic Decree Repeated: Which Prohibitions Belong?

The received text repeats the council’s ruling with an explicit negative: Gentile believers need observe no such law-keeping demand, except the stated prohibitions.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2286 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 21:20 — “How Many Thousands of Jews There Are Which Believe”

The divine title is ‘Lord’ in Scrivener and ‘God’ in SBLGNT and NA28.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2285 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 21:8 — “We That Were of Paul’s Company”: Does the Identifying Clause Belong?

Scrivener explicitly names ‘those around Paul’ and uses a third-person verb before the narration returns to ‘we.’ The critical form omits the identifying clause and keeps the journey consistently in the first person plural.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2282 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 20:25 — “Preaching the Kingdom of God”: Has “of God” Been Omitted?

The main critical form omits τοῦ θεοῦ after ‘kingdom.’ Context makes God’s kingdom the natural referent, but Scrivener states it directly as Paul recalls his preaching among the Ephesian elders.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2284 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 20:32 — “And Now, Brethren”: Commended to God or to the Lord?

SBLGNT and NA28 omit ‘brethren,’ but agree with Scrivener on θεῷ, ‘God.’ Westcott–Hort alone in the comparison reads ‘the Lord.’ Additional variants affect the verbs for building up and the placement of the inheritance phrase.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2283 · Variant · Preliminary

Acts 20:28 — The Church of God or of the Lord? Purchased with His Own Blood

Scrivener and NA28 agree on ‘church of God’; Tregelles reads ‘church of the Lord,’ while the reconstructed Byzantine form reads ‘of the Lord and God.’ Word order also creates the possible critical rendering ‘the blood of his own [Son],’ though ‘his own blood’ remains grammatically defensible.

Verification: Passage, received reading, principal SBLGNT reading, and reported NA28 alignment checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the official SBLGNT text and comparison apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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