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VAR-2271 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 17:18 — “Jesus and the Resurrection”: Did the Athenians Mistake *Anastasis* for a Goddess?

The Greek noun ἀνάστασις is the ordinary word for resurrection and is textually stable here.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2269 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 16:32 — The Word of the Lord or the Word of God in the Jailer’s House?

Scrivener, SBLGNT, Tregelles, and NA28 all read ‘the word of the Lord.’ Only Westcott–Hort reports ‘the word of God’ in the comparison apparatus; the main received-versus-current-critical contrast in the verse is the connective joining the household.

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.
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VAR-2265 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 16:7 — The Spirit or the Spirit of Jesus? Who Forbade the Journey into Bithynia?

SBLGNT and NA28 add Ἰησοῦ, identifying the forbidding Spirit as ‘the Spirit of Jesus.’ Scrivener has simply ‘the Spirit,’ following the immediately preceding reference to the Holy Ghost while preserving the same personal divine guidance.

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.
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VAR-2264 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 15:34 — “It Pleased Silas to Abide There Still”: Is the Entire Verse Authentic?

explains why Silas is available when Paul later chooses him for the second journey.

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.
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VAR-2262 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 15:23 — Apostles, Elders, and Brethren—or Apostles and Elder Brethren?

Scrivener adds καὶ οἱ before ‘brethren,’ yielding three sending groups: apostles, elders, and brethren.

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.
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VAR-2263 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 15:24 — “Ye Must Be Circumcised, and Keep the Law”: Does the Condemned Command Belong?

The received letter identifies the unauthorized teachers’ demand in their own terms: circumcision and law-keeping.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2261 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 15:20, 29 — Idols, Fornication, Things Strangled, and Blood: The Text of the Apostolic Decree

The four prohibitions remain in Scrivener, SBLGNT, and NA28 at both the proposal and the letter.

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.
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VAR-2260 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 15:16–18 — “Known unto God Are All His Works”: Is the Closing Sentence Authentic?

Scrivener closes James’s citation with a complete sentence affirming God’s eternal knowledge of all his works.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2257 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 14:14 — Were Barnabas and Paul Both Called Apostles?

The title ‘apostles’ governs both Barnabas and Paul in every principal form.

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.
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VAR-2259 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 15:9–11 — Hearts Purified by Faith and Salvation through the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

The critical form omits Χριστοῦ after ‘Jesus.’ The purification of hearts by faith, the rejection of the legal yoke, and salvation by the Lord’s grace remain, but the received text states the full name and title.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2258 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 14:19 — Persuading the People, Stoning Paul, and Drawing Him from the City

Scrivener’s aorist participle presents the crowd’s conclusion after the stoning, with an infinitive meaning ‘to have died.’ The critical form uses a present participle and perfect infinitive, emphasizing their continuing assumption that Paul was dead.

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.
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VAR-2255 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 13:42–48 — Who Besought Paul to Preach Again, and Was It the Word of God or of the Lord?

The received text specifies both the departing Jews and the requesting Gentiles; the critical form uses pronouns and leaves the requesters unnamed.

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.
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VAR-2252 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 13:18–20 — Did God Bear Israel’s Manners or Care for Israel in the Wilderness?

Scrivener and SBLGNT both print ἐτροποφόρησεν, the verb behind bearing or enduring Israel’s ways.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2253 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 13:23 — Did God “Raise” or “Bring” a Saviour, Jesus, unto Israel?

The central verbal difference is ἤγειρε, ‘raised up,’ in Scrivener against ἤγαγεν, ‘brought,’ 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.
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VAR-2250 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 12:24–25 — The Growing Word and the Journey from—or to—Jerusalem

A single preposition reverses the apparent direction: Scrivener reads ἐξ, ‘from,’ while SBLGNT and NA28 read εἰς, ‘to.’ The surrounding narrative begins with relief sent to Judaea and later finds Barnabas and Saul at Antioch, which makes the received direction a serious contextual claim rather than a disposable particle.

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.
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VAR-2251 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 13:1 — Manaen, Herod the Tetrarch, and the Names of Antioch’s Prophets

The names—Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen associated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul—are stable.

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.
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VAR-2248 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 12:4 — Easter or Passover? What the Greek Text Says and What the English Means

Every Greek control reads πάσχα.

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.
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VAR-2249 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 12:17 — James, the Brethren, and Peter’s Departure: The Text of the Report

Peter’s instruction, James’s name, the brethren, and the departure to another place are common to the principal texts.

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.
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VAR-2247 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 11:23 — “Cleave unto the Lord”: Does the Title Belong?

The main difference at the title level is not the divine title: ‘the Lord’ appears in both controls.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2243 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 10:36–40 — Jesus Christ, Lord of All, Raised “the Third Day”

The confession, universal lordship, anointing by the Holy Ghost, death on a tree, resurrection on the third day, and manifestation to witnesses all stand in the principal forms.

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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2246 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Acts 11:20 — Greeks or Grecians? Who First Heard the Gospel at Antioch?

Scrivener and NA28 read Ἑλληνιστάς, Greek-speaking Jews or Hellenists.

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.
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VAR-2245 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 11:12 — “Nothing Doubting” or “Making No Distinction”? Peter’s Recollection

The present participle διακρινόμενον can describe hesitation or inward doubt; the aorist διακρίναντα in the critical form points more naturally to making a distinction.

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.
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VAR-2244 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 10:48 — Baptized in the Name of the Lord or in the Name of Jesus Christ?

The two forms explicitly name the baptismal authority differently.

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-2240 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Acts 10:19 — Two Men or Three? The Messengers at Peter’s Gate

The tradition divides three ways.

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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