by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” — Matthew 9:13 The Textus Receptus ends with to repentance. The critical text stops after “sinners.” Luke 5:32 contains the full phrase, so the case against Matthew’s longer reading is direct: a...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The Greek difference between “two” and “through” is small on the page and plain in English. The Textus Receptus says John sent two of his disciples. The critical text says he sent a message through his disciples. One reading gives the number; the other names the...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another.” — Matthew 10:23 At first glance this looks like a missing-verse dispute. It is not. The received and critical texts both tell the disciples to flee to another city. Their main difference is the Greek...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils.” — Matthew 10:8 The words “raise the dead” have an unsettled place in the manuscript record. Many witnesses omit them. Others set them at different points in the four commands. Yet the Textus...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Two passages in this chapter have very different textual histories. The words “unto men” in verse 31 stand in both the received and critical texts. The report that Jesus’ mother and brothers were waiting outside in verse 47 is printed with doubt or omitted in some...
