Was the original reading for Matthew 5:47b “Do not even the Gentiles do the same” or was it “Do not even the tax collectors do the same?”
NTTC MATTHEW 5:47B: “Gentiles” or “Tax Collectors”?
NTTC MATTHEW 5:47A: WAS IT “IF YOU GREET ONLY YOUR FRIENDS” OR “IF YOU GREET ONLY YOUR BROTHERS”?
Short Reminder: If we have the original words, we, in essence, have the original and; therefore, do not need the original documents.
John Brown of Haddington and the Discipline of Holy Ambition: A Motivational Story for Christians
A barefoot shepherd walked through the night for a Greek New Testament—and his hunger for Scripture still challenges Christians today.
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.
NTTC EPHESIANS 5:22: “WIVES TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS” OR “WIVES, BE IN SUBJECTION TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS”?
The Convincing Evidence [CE] are two of the earliest manuscripts that are very weighty (P46 B) as well as Clement MSSaccording to Jerome, which indicates that this is an even higher-level proof that the reading (γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν “wives to your own husbands”) could have been original in that it is enough to accept it as
NTTC MATTHEW 2:23: “he went and lived in a city called Nazareth”
Nazareth was a very small village in the region of Galilee (Galilee lay north of Samaria and Judea). The town was located about 15 mi (25 km) west of the southern edge of the Sea of Galilee. - The NET Bible
NTTC MATTHEW 1:3: “Zara” or “Zare”
Matthew 1:3 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 3 and Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez became the father of Hezron, and Hezron became the father of Ram,
Brian Walton (1600–1661): The London Polyglot Bible and the Documentary Foundations of New Testament Textual Criticism
Brian Walton’s London Polyglot anchors New Testament textual certainty by prioritizing early manuscripts and versions, training readers to weigh evidence, not opinions.
Papyrus 4/64/67 (P4/P64/P67) Alexandrian Text Type (150-175 C.E.)
Dive into the intriguing world of the Papyrus 4/64/67, an early New Testament manuscript. Uncover its significance in the Alexandrian Text Type and its impact on our understanding of early Christian texts.
Johann Jakob Griesbach (1745–1812): New Testament Textual Criticism Scholar, Textual Families, and the Griesbach Hypothesis
Griesbach organized textual families and grounded decisions in early, independent witnesses, paving a disciplined path to recover the New Testament’s original wording.
