by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 7:19Received reading: “It goes out into the draught, purging all foods,” taking the participle with the digestive process or drain.Principal competing reading: “Thus he declared all foods clean,” taking the masculine participle as Mark’s comment on...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 11:22Received reading: “Have faith in God” (ἔχετε πίστιν θεοῦ), taking “God” as the object of faith.Principal competing reading: Interpretations such as “have God’s faith” or “have the faithfulness of God”; a conditional textual variant also occurs in a...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Mark 11:24Received reading: “Believe that ye receive them” (πιστεύετε ὅτι λαμβάνετε).Principal competing reading: “Believe that ye received them” (πιστεύετε ὅτι ἐλάβετε); a future “will receive” also appears.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:35Received reading: The Holy One being born shall be called the Son of God; the Authorized Version supplies “of thee” to express the context naturally.Principal competing reading: A secondary Greek form explicitly adds “of thee” (ἐκ σοῦ); the principal...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:37Received reading: “With God no word shall be impossible,” with παρά governing the dative “God.”Principal competing reading: “No word from God shall be impossible,” with παρά governing the genitive.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
