If we have the original words, we, in essence, have the original and; therefore, do not need the original documents.
NTTC 2 PETER 1:1B: “θεου (God)” OR “κυριου (Lord)”
OTTC ISAIAH 34:14: WAS IT “LILITH” OR WAS IT “LILIOTH”?
The Hebrew word has been variously translated as “screech owl” (KJ), “night-monster” (AS, NASB), “nightjar” (NEB, UASV), and “night hag” (RS), "night birds " (CSB), "vampire" (Moffatt), while the Jerusalem Bible and the Lexham English Bible prefer simply to transliterate the name as “Lilith.”
The Transmission Quality of the Early Text of the Greek New Testament
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NTTC JOHN 1:18: “only begotten God” OR “only begotten Son”
The more difficult or awkward reading is often preferable. The reading at first will seem to be more difficult or awkward to understand, but after further investigation, it will be discovered that a scribe deliberately or mistakenly changed the text to an easier reading.
NTTC MATTHEW 5:47B: “Gentiles” or “Tax Collectors”?
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 5:47A: 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.
OTTC GENESIS 22:13: Was the ram “behind him” [Abraham] Or was it “one” ram?
The Masoretic Text has the reading “behind him” (אַחַר, ’akhar) in verse 13 of chapter 22. On the other hand, a number of Hebrew MSS, the Septuagint (LXX), Syriac (SYR), and Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) have “one” (Heb. אֶחָד, ’ekhad; Gr. εἷς, heis) in verse 13 of chapter 22.
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.
OTTC GENESIS 21:16: WAS IT “THE CHILD CRIED ALOUD AND WEPT” OR “SHE LIFTED UP HER VOICE AND WEPT”?
The Hebrew has the reading “she lifted up her voice and wept” in verse 16 of chapter 21. On the other hand, the Greek Septuagint (LXX) has “and the child cried aloud and wept” (referring to Ishmael) in verse 16 of chapter 21.
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
