by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” — Matthew 24:36 Two time words are disputed in Christ’s watchfulness discourse. At verse 36, the critical text adds “neither the Son” after the angels; the Textus Receptus...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.” — Matthew 28:9 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;...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” — Matthew 25:13 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...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
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 Matthew’s repeated report that they found none. “Then assembled...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The passion narrative carries several famous variants. Some early manuscripts call the released prisoner Jesus Barabbas. The critical text gives Jesus wine rather than vinegar at Golgotha, omits Matthew’s explicit fulfillment about divided garments, and removes the...
