A. T. Robertson, the great Greek grammarian as well as a textual critic and general student of the New Testament, tells the following story about
Day: July 24, 2019
DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019
Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Your Spouse
NTTC MATTHEW 5:44a: “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you”?
The shorter reading is generally preferred if the change is intended. This is a reflection of scribal tendency, as a scribe is far more likely in his efforts at clarification, willfully to make an addition to a text. Very rarely will a scribe intentionally add to his text by mistake.
