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Codex Vaticanus Says What?!
Matt 27:49b contains an unusual textual variant that is found in manuscripts 01, 03, 04, 019, 67, 1780, 2586, 2680, 2766. In at least two of these (1780 and 2766) a later corrector tried to remove the variant reading. The variant reading is the addition of the following: “αλλος δε λαβων λογχην ενυξεν αυτου την…
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Dust in the Eyes or a Central Issue?
In a recent video (link to video) Pastor Christian McShaffrey quoted Dean Burgon. McShaffrey suggested that the question “which Textus Receptus,” is a distraction from the real issue. Dean Burgon wrote (link to text of his book): Let no one at all events obscure the one question at issue, by asking,—Whether we consider the Textus…