by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The Textus Receptus uses a present verb: as we forgive. The critical text uses an aorist that is often rendered as we have forgiven. One presents a continuing practice; the other looks at an act treated as done. “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” —...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The words or what ye shall drink have uneven support. Some witnesses omit the whole phrase; others keep drink but change the connector between eating and drinking. The Textus Receptus gives the full pair with or. “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” — Matthew 6:13 The doxology of the Lord’s Prayer is absent from several early witnesses, including Sinaiticus and Vaticanus. It stands in the Textus Receptus and the broad Greek church...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” — Matthew 6:15 The final words their trespasses are absent from a notable early stream. Sinaiticus omits them; Vaticanus keeps them. The Textus Receptus and the broad Greek...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The witnesses vary in the number and form of “grow,” in the order of the clauses, and in attempts to explain what lilies do not do. An Oxyrhynchus fragment preserves a related saying about not carding or spinning, but it is not a manuscript of Matthew. “Consider the...
