by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Matthew does not name the prophet here. The quotation comes from Isaiah 7:14, and a small line of witnesses supplies Isaiah’s name. The Textus Receptus and the modern critical text both retain the anonymous formula. “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The difference is a pronoun. The Textus Receptus calls the rite his baptism—John’s. Several early witnesses, including the first hands of Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, omit “his.” The critical text follows them. “When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
The received quotation gives three sounds: lamentation, weeping, and great mourning. The critical text omits the first pair of words and begins with “weeping and great mourning.” Rachel still cries in either form, but the long reading carries the full accumulation....
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
“And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda.” — Matthew 2:6 When Herod asks where Christ should be born, the priests answer from the prophet. The Textus Receptus and the standard critical text introduce the answer with the...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Twice near the opening of the Galilean ministry, some witnesses omit the name Jesus. Verse 12 becomes “when he heard,” and verse 23 becomes “he went about in all Galilee.” The Textus Receptus names Jesus in both places and, at verse 23, says he went about all Galilee....
