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VAR-2281 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 20:21 — “Faith toward Our Lord Jesus Christ”: Does “Christ” Belong?

Scrivener includes Χριστόν along with two articles that make the repentance-and-faith balance more explicit.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2267 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 16:17 — “Which Show unto Us the Way of Salvation”: Us or You, the Way or a Way?

The central pronoun is ἡμῖν, ‘to us,’ in Scrivener and ὑμῖν, ‘to you,’ in SBLGNT and NA28.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2266 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 16:12 — Chief City, First District, or Roman Colony? The Description of Philippi

The Greek wording around πρώτη and μερίς is notoriously difficult.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2254 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 13:33 — “Unto Us Their Children”: The Resurrection and the Second Psalm

NA28 agrees with Scrivener’s αὐτῶν ἡμῖν, ‘to us their children,’ while SBLGNT follows ἡμῶν, producing ‘to us, their children’ or ‘to our children’ depending construction.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2256 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 14:3 — “Bearing Witness unto the Word of His Grace”: Does the Preposition Belong?

Scrivener, SBLGNT, Tregelles, and the Byzantine reconstruction use the dative article alone.

Verification
All 169 edition-change rows were reconciled to the controlled workbook and grouped into 154 canonical verse cards. TR and Authorized Version full-verse texts were attached from the project’s Scrivener/KJV sources. Row-level TR alignment is machine-assisted and manually overridden where the unit was known to require address-level judgment; printed NA29-apparatus review and independent witness collation remain open. Metzger notes are exact-verse matches to his earlier UBS4 commentary and are not represented as explanations of later ECM decisions.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2302 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2303 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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

Adverse entailment established

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-2305 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2299 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2300 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2301 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

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. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2298 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2294 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2295 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2296 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

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-2290 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2291 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2292 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2293 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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

SBLGNT and NA28 omit : 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. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2286 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2287 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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-2288 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

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
Open controlled record