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Manuscripts and Textual Witnesses

Inspect critical editions, manuscript platforms, textual variants, licensing boundaries, and what witness evidence can and cannot establish.

Textual criticism evaluates wording and transmission. It does not by itself settle theology, chronology, authorship, or modern fulfillment claims.

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What is frashokereti?

Frashokereti is a Zoroastrian term for the final renovation or “making wonderful” of creation. In later systematized sources, evil is defeated, the dead are raised, creation is purified, and the material world is restored rather than abandoned.

Boundary: The antiquity and development of specific details must be assessed by distinguishing early Avestan horizons from much later surviving manuscripts and Pahlavi redactions.

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Why is a manuscript date not the same as a composition date?

A composition date concerns when a work or textual layer was produced; a manuscript date concerns the physical copy that survives. A late manuscript can preserve older material, but the gap must be shown rather than assumed through language, quotations, textual relationships, archaeology, and transmission history.

Boundary: Neither an old idea in a late copy nor an early fragment by itself proves the date of an entire final form.

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critical edition · New Testament

Nestle-Aland 28

A standard critical Greek New Testament with a selective apparatus for evaluating variant readings.

Language
Greek
Era
modern critical edition
Access
Licensed print or digital edition
Record ID
msr-na28

Use this resource for

  • Base critical text
  • Selected witness evidence
  • Editorial decisions and variant units

Limitations

  • The apparatus is selective
  • Apparatus symbols require training
  • The edition is not a manuscript facsimile

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  1. Locator: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus.

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Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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critical edition · New Testament

UBS Greek New Testament 5

A translation-oriented critical edition with a selective apparatus and ratings for selected editorial decisions.

Language
Greek
Era
modern critical edition
Access
Licensed print or digital edition
Record ID
msr-ubs5

Use this resource for

  • Translation-significant variants
  • Concise apparatus
  • Editorial decision comparison

Limitations

  • Not a full apparatus
  • Confidence ratings evaluate editorial decisions rather than theology

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  1. Locator: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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critical edition · New Testament

SBL Greek New Testament

A modern edited Greek text useful for comparison and computational or open-text workflows.

Language
Greek
Era
modern critical edition
Access
Public web access subject to the edition's license
Record ID
msr-sblgnt

Use this resource for

  • Edited-text comparison
  • Search and computational study
  • Identifying places where modern editions differ

Limitations

  • It is an edited text, not a facsimile
  • Consult fuller apparatuses for witness-level arguments

Rights boundary: Christ.cx redistributes no manuscript facsimile or proprietary critical apparatus. Follow the provider or publisher terms for images, transcriptions, and editions.

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  • Manuscript or critical text1

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  1. Manuscript or critical textSBL Greek New Testament

    Locator: SBL Greek New Testament edition and official license terms

    Offers a modern Greek text suitable for comparison and computational study. Relevant locator for this record: SBL Greek New Testament edition and official license terms.

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SBL Greek New Testament

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Society of Biblical Literature / Michael W. Holmes

Relevant text: SBL Greek New Testament edition and official license terms

Publication date: 2010

What it supports: Offers a modern Greek text suitable for comparison and computational study.

Limitations: It is an edited text rather than a manuscript facsimile and should be compared with broader critical evidence.

Access and reuse: Licensed for reuse under stated terms

The provider publishes the SBLGNT license. Reuse must retain attribution and comply with the current license terms.

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critical edition · Septuagint

Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuagint

A standard critical edition for the Greek Jewish Scriptures and later scriptural reuse.

Language
Greek
Era
modern critical edition
Access
Licensed print or digital edition
Record ID
msr-lxx-rh

Use this resource for

  • Greek translation vocabulary
  • Danielic and prophetic wording
  • New Testament intertextual comparison

Limitations

  • The Septuagint is textually diverse
  • One edition cannot represent every book's transmission history

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  1. Manuscript or critical textSeptuaginta, Rahlfs-Hanhart edition

    Locator: Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuaginta: edition description and textual scope

    Provides a standard critical edition for studying Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures and their later reuse. Relevant locator for this record: Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuaginta: edition description and textual scope.

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Septuaginta, Rahlfs-Hanhart edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Alfred Rahlfs; revised by Robert Hanhart

Relevant text: Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuaginta: edition description and textual scope

Publication date: revised edition 2006

What it supports: Provides a standard critical edition for studying Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures and their later reuse.

Limitations: The Septuagint is a collection with diverse translation histories; one edition cannot represent every textual form.

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critical edition · Hebrew Bible

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

A diplomatic Masoretic Hebrew and Aramaic text with a compact critical apparatus.

Language
Hebrew and Aramaic
Era
modern critical edition
Access
Licensed print or digital edition
Record ID
msr-bhs

Use this resource for

  • Masoretic base text
  • Danielic Hebrew and Aramaic
  • Compact variant apparatus

Limitations

  • The apparatus is compact and partly superseded by newer projects
  • The base text represents one medieval codex tradition

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  1. Manuscript or critical textBiblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

    Locator: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: edition description and compact critical apparatus

    Provides the Masoretic Hebrew and Aramaic text with a compact critical apparatus. Relevant locator for this record: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: edition description and compact critical apparatus.

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Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Relevant text: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: edition description and compact critical apparatus

Publication date: 1977; later printings

What it supports: Provides the Masoretic Hebrew and Aramaic text with a compact critical apparatus.

Limitations: Its apparatus and base manuscript require specialist use; later projects revise and expand portions of the edition.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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critical edition · Hebrew Bible

Biblia Hebraica Quinta

A developing diplomatic edition with expanded textual commentary for completed fascicles.

Language
Hebrew and Aramaic
Era
modern critical edition
Access
Licensed fascicles or digital access
Record ID
msr-bhq

Use this resource for

  • Expanded witness evaluation
  • Masoretic and versional comparison
  • Textual commentary

Limitations

  • The project is incomplete as a whole
  • Availability depends on the biblical book

Rights boundary: Christ.cx redistributes no manuscript facsimile or proprietary critical apparatus. Follow the provider or publisher terms for images, transcriptions, and editions.

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  • Manuscript or critical text1

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  1. Manuscript or critical textBiblia Hebraica Quinta

    Locator: Biblia Hebraica Quinta: published fascicles and textual-commentary scope

    Provides a newer diplomatic edition and expanded textual commentary for published books of the Hebrew Bible. Relevant locator for this record: Biblia Hebraica Quinta: published fascicles and textual-commentary scope.

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Biblia Hebraica Quinta

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Relevant text: Biblia Hebraica Quinta: published fascicles and textual-commentary scope

Publication date: ongoing fascicle publication

What it supports: Provides a newer diplomatic edition and expanded textual commentary for published books of the Hebrew Bible.

Limitations: The edition is incomplete as a whole and must be cited by available fascicle.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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digital manuscript platform · New Testament manuscripts

New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

A research platform for manuscript metadata, transcriptions, images where available, and textual-work infrastructure.

Language
Greek and versional witnesses
Era
ancient and medieval manuscripts
Access
Public platform with record-specific image or transcription availability
Record ID
msr-ntvmr

Use this resource for

  • Manuscript identifiers
  • Witness metadata
  • Transcriptions and images where licensed
  • Variant research workflows

Limitations

  • Availability varies by witness
  • Metadata and transcriptions require specialist interpretation
  • Provider terms govern reuse

Rights boundary: Christ.cx redistributes no manuscript facsimile or proprietary critical apparatus. Follow the provider or publisher terms for images, transcriptions, and editions.

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  • Manuscript or critical text1

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  1. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

Access and reuse: Provider- and witness-specific access

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digital manuscript edition · Greek Bible manuscript

Codex Sinaiticus Project

A digital edition of a major fourth-century Greek biblical manuscript with images, transcription, and codicological information.

Language
Greek
Era
fourth century CE
Access
Public digital edition; image and reuse rights remain with partner institutions
Record ID
msr-sinaiticus

Use this resource for

  • Direct manuscript observation
  • Corrections and scribal layers
  • Codicological context

Limitations

  • One codex cannot establish the entire tradition
  • Corrections span multiple hands and periods
  • Do not detach an image from its institutional rights statement

Rights boundary: Christ.cx redistributes no manuscript facsimile or proprietary critical apparatus. Follow the provider or publisher terms for images, transcriptions, and editions.

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  • Manuscript or critical text1

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  1. Manuscript or critical textCodex Sinaiticus Project

    Locator: Codex Sinaiticus Project digital edition: manuscript images, transcription, and codicological description

    Provides high-resolution images, transcription, and codicological information for a major fourth-century biblical manuscript. Relevant locator for this record: Codex Sinaiticus Project digital edition: manuscript images, transcription, and codicological description.

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Codex Sinaiticus Project

manuscript digital edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Partner libraries and institutions

Relevant text: Codex Sinaiticus Project digital edition: manuscript images, transcription, and codicological description

Publication date: digital edition

What it supports: Provides high-resolution images, transcription, and codicological information for a major fourth-century biblical manuscript.

Limitations: One manuscript cannot represent the entire textual tradition, and its corrections span multiple hands and periods.

Access and reuse: Partner-institution rights apply

The project reunites the codex digitally; image reuse remains governed by the partner institutions and project terms.

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digital manuscript library · Dead Sea Scrolls

Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

An official digital library for Dead Sea Scrolls images and metadata relevant to Second Temple texts and language.

Language
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
Era
Second Temple period
Access
Public digital library; item-specific rights and citation terms apply
Record ID
msr-leon-levy

Use this resource for

  • Fragment images
  • Catalog metadata
  • Second Temple textual context
  • Daniel and prophetic manuscript research

Limitations

  • Fragment reconstruction and dating can be disputed
  • Image access does not remove the need for editions and specialist readings

Rights boundary: Christ.cx redistributes no manuscript facsimile or proprietary critical apparatus. Follow the provider or publisher terms for images, transcriptions, and editions.

Resource source coverage1 linked source
  • Manuscript or critical text1

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

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  1. Locator: Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library catalogue, manuscript images, and item metadata

    Provides manuscript images and metadata for Dead Sea Scrolls research relevant to Second Temple texts and language. Relevant locator for this record: Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library catalogue, manuscript images, and item metadata.

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Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

manuscript digital library

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Israel Antiquities Authority

Relevant text: Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library catalogue, manuscript images, and item metadata

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript images and metadata for Dead Sea Scrolls research relevant to Second Temple texts and language.

Limitations: Fragment identification, reconstruction, dating, and reading can remain disputed.

Access and reuse: Israel Antiquities Authority terms apply

The public digital library supplies images and metadata; item and site terms govern reuse.

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digital manuscript library · New Testament manuscripts

Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

A manuscript library providing digitized images and catalog information for New Testament witnesses.

Language
Greek and versional witnesses
Era
ancient and medieval manuscripts
Access
Public catalog with collection- and witness-specific image permissions
Record ID
msr-csntm

Use this resource for

  • Manuscript images
  • Catalog records
  • Paleographic comparison
  • Teaching and research links

Limitations

  • Holdings and permissions vary
  • Images require contextual analysis
  • Provider terms govern publication and reuse

Rights boundary: Christ.cx redistributes no manuscript facsimile or proprietary critical apparatus. Follow the provider or publisher terms for images, transcriptions, and editions.

Resource source coverage1 linked source
  • Manuscript or critical text1

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

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  1. Locator: CSNTM digital manuscript library and catalogue records

    Provides digitized New Testament manuscript images and catalog information. Relevant locator for this record: CSNTM digital manuscript library and catalogue records.

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  • Manuscript or critical text1

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Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

manuscript digital library

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: CSNTM

Relevant text: CSNTM digital manuscript library and catalogue records

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides digitized New Testament manuscript images and catalog information.

Limitations: Holdings and permissions vary; images are evidence requiring contextual manuscript analysis.

Access and reuse: Collection- and witness-specific terms apply

Catalog access does not grant unrestricted republication of manuscript images.

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Textual and segmentation cases

These summaries identify differences that affect quotation, translation, argument, or chronology. Exact witness distributions remain with critical editions and licensed manuscript platforms.

Matthew 24:7 · Luke 21:11

Matthew 24:7 and the word “pestilences”

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

The later Greek textual tradition reflected in the King James Version includes pestilences in Matthew 24:7; modern critical editions omit the term there, while Luke 21:11 explicitly includes pestilences.

Modern critical text

Famines and earthquakes are listed in Matthew 24:7 without the additional noun for pestilences.

Later textual tradition

A reading adding pestilences appears in later transmission and is reflected in the King James Version.

Synoptic control

Luke 21:11 explicitly contains the plural noun for pestilences, regardless of the Matthew variant.

Why it matters

A responsible guide should not present the English wording of one translation as though every Greek witness reads identically.

What it does not establish

The variant does not erase disease from the broader Synoptic tradition, and it does not identify a modern outbreak as fulfillment.

Witness note: Consult NA28 or UBS5 and a manuscript platform for the exact witness distribution; the site does not reproduce a proprietary apparatus.

Case source coverage6 linked sources
  • Primary text2
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

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  1. Locator: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

  2. Locator: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

  3. Manuscript or critical textKing James Version

    Locator: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11

    Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

  4. Locator: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11

    Primary source for the Matthew 24 passage navigator and text-only sequence. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

  5. Locator: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11

    Synoptic parallel whose siege language is central to interpretation. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

  6. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

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Source coverage6 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text2

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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King James Version

public-domain translation

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Authorized Version

Publication date: 1611; public-domain edition

What it supports: Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools.

Limitations: Translation choices reflect early modern English and should be checked against the underlying languages.

Access and reuse: Source-specific terms apply

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Gospel according to Matthew

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Matthew 24–25

What it supports: Primary source for the Matthew 24 passage navigator and text-only sequence.

Limitations: Relationship to Mark, Luke, Daniel, and Revelation requires literary analysis.

Access and reuse: Source-specific terms apply

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Gospel according to Luke

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Luke 21

What it supports: Synoptic parallel whose siege language is central to interpretation.

Limitations: Its relationship to the other accounts is debated.

Access and reuse: Source-specific terms apply

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

Access and reuse: Provider- and witness-specific access

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Matthew 24:36 · Mark 13:32

Matthew 24:36 and “nor the Son”

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

Modern critical editions include the phrase “nor the Son” in Matthew 24:36, while some manuscripts omit it; Mark 13:32 contains the corresponding phrase in its parallel warning.

Included reading

The saying names angels and the Son before stating that only the Father knows.

Omitted reading

Some witnesses omit the phrase referring to the Son in Matthew.

Parallel evidence

Mark 13:32 retains the phrase in the parallel discourse.

Why it matters

The reading affects quotation, translation, and theological discussion of knowledge, but must be evaluated through textual evidence rather than doctrinal preference.

What it does not establish

A textual decision does not by itself resolve later Christological interpretation.

Witness note: The workspace summarizes the variant; users should consult a critical apparatus and witness images where licensed.

Case source coverage6 linked sources
  • Primary text2
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

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  1. Locator: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32.

  2. Locator: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32.

  3. Locator: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32

    Primary source for the Matthew 24 passage navigator and text-only sequence. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32.

  4. Locator: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32

    Synoptic parallel to Matthew 24 with distinctive wording and structure. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32.

  5. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32.

  6. Manuscript or critical textCodex Sinaiticus Project

    Locator: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32

    Provides high-resolution images, transcription, and codicological information for a major fourth-century biblical manuscript. Relevant locator for this record: Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32.

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  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text2

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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Gospel according to Matthew

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Matthew 24–25

What it supports: Primary source for the Matthew 24 passage navigator and text-only sequence.

Limitations: Relationship to Mark, Luke, Daniel, and Revelation requires literary analysis.

Access and reuse: Source-specific terms apply

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Gospel according to Mark

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Mark 13

What it supports: Synoptic parallel to Matthew 24 with distinctive wording and structure.

Limitations: Priority and redaction questions are scholarly matters rather than conclusions of the text itself.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

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Codex Sinaiticus Project

manuscript digital edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Partner libraries and institutions

Relevant text: Codex Sinaiticus Project digital edition: manuscript images, transcription, and codicological description

Publication date: digital edition

What it supports: Provides high-resolution images, transcription, and codicological information for a major fourth-century biblical manuscript.

Limitations: One manuscript cannot represent the entire textual tradition, and its corrections span multiple hands and periods.

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Mark 13:33

Mark 13:33 and the instruction to pray

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

Later textual forms include an explicit instruction to pray alongside watching; modern critical editions present a shorter wording centered on vigilance.

Shorter critical reading

Take heed; stay awake, because the time is unknown.

Expanded later reading

Take heed, watch, and pray, because the time is unknown.

Why it matters

Translations may differ because they follow different textual bases, not because one side ignored the passage's ethical emphasis.

What it does not establish

The variant does not make prayer foreign to the wider Gospel tradition.

Witness note: Exact witness support belongs in a critical apparatus rather than an unsourced web list.

Case source coverage5 linked sources
  • Primary text1
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Claim-level citation notes (5)
  1. Locator: Mark 13:33

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Mark 13:33.

  2. Locator: Mark 13:33

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: Mark 13:33.

  3. Manuscript or critical textKing James Version

    Locator: Mark 13:33

    Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools. Relevant locator for this record: Mark 13:33.

  4. Locator: Mark 13:33

    Synoptic parallel to Matthew 24 with distinctive wording and structure. Relevant locator for this record: Mark 13:33.

  5. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: Mark 13:33

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: Mark 13:33.

Critical texts and witness resources (5)
Source coverage5 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text1

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

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King James Version

public-domain translation

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Authorized Version

Publication date: 1611; public-domain edition

What it supports: Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools.

Limitations: Translation choices reflect early modern English and should be checked against the underlying languages.

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Gospel according to Mark

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Mark 13

What it supports: Synoptic parallel to Matthew 24 with distinctive wording and structure.

Limitations: Priority and redaction questions are scholarly matters rather than conclusions of the text itself.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

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2 Thessalonians 2:2

2 Thessalonians 2:2: Day of the Lord or Day of Christ

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

The modern critical text reads “day of the Lord”; a later reading reflected in some translations reads “day of Christ.”

Critical reading

The day of the Lord has come.

Later reading

The day of Christ is at hand.

Why it matters

Citation and exegesis should identify the translation and textual basis when building a chronology from the phrase.

What it does not establish

The variant does not independently prove that multiple coming events are identical or separate.

Witness note: Consult the critical apparatus for the complete witness list and scribal relationships.

Case source coverage5 linked sources
  • Primary text1
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Claim-level citation notes (5)
  1. Locator: 2 Thessalonians 2:2

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

  2. Locator: 2 Thessalonians 2:2

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

  3. Manuscript or critical textKing James Version

    Locator: 2 Thessalonians 2:2

    Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools. Relevant locator for this record: 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

  4. Locator: 2 Thessalonians 2:2

    Primary text for rebellion, man of lawlessness, Temple language, and the coming. Relevant locator for this record: 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

  5. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: 2 Thessalonians 2:2

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

Critical texts and witness resources (5)
Source coverage5 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text1

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

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King James Version

public-domain translation

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Authorized Version

Publication date: 1611; public-domain edition

What it supports: Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools.

Limitations: Translation choices reflect early modern English and should be checked against the underlying languages.

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Second Thessalonians

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: 2 Thessalonians 2

What it supports: Primary text for rebellion, man of lawlessness, Temple language, and the coming.

Limitations: The restrainer, Temple, and sequence remain disputed.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

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Revelation 13:18

Revelation 13:18: 666 and the early 616 variant

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

The dominant reading gives the number as 666; an early variant reads 616, attested by Papyrus 115 and known in ancient discussion.

Dominant reading

The number is six hundred sixty-six.

Early variant

The number is six hundred sixteen.

Why it matters

The variant is relevant to name-number calculations and the history of interpretation; any proposal should explain both readings rather than treating the number as an isolated modern code.

What it does not establish

Neither reading identifies a living person without additional historical and interpretive argument.

Witness note: Papyrus 115 is a fragmentary early witness; the full argument also involves other manuscripts and ancient reception.

Case source coverage5 linked sources
  • Primary text1
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Claim-level citation notes (5)
  1. Locator: Revelation 13:18

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 13:18.

  2. Locator: Revelation 13:18

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 13:18.

  3. Primary textRevelation

    Locator: Revelation 13:18

    Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 13:18.

  4. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: Revelation 13:18

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 13:18.

  5. Locator: Revelation 13:18

    Provides digitized New Testament manuscript images and catalog information. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 13:18.

Critical texts and witness resources (5)
Source coverage5 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text1

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

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Revelation

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Revelation 1–22

What it supports: Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation.

Limitations: Genre, structure, chronology, dating, and symbolic referents remain disputed.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

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Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

manuscript digital library

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: CSNTM

Relevant text: CSNTM digital manuscript library and catalogue records

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides digitized New Testament manuscript images and catalog information.

Limitations: Holdings and permissions vary; images are evidence requiring contextual manuscript analysis.

Access and reuse: Collection- and witness-specific terms apply

Catalog access does not grant unrestricted republication of manuscript images.

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Revelation 1:5

Revelation 1:5: freed or washed

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

A well-known variant differs between being freed from sins and being washed from sins, readings separated by a small Greek spelling difference.

Freed

The Christ freed the faithful from sins by blood.

Washed

The Christ washed the faithful from sins by blood.

Why it matters

The two readings are theologically related but lexically distinct; publication should not silently merge them.

What it does not establish

The variant does not erase the broader sacrificial and liberation imagery of Revelation.

Witness note: The apparatus should be consulted before assigning dates or genealogies to the readings.

Case source coverage5 linked sources
  • Primary text1
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Claim-level citation notes (5)
  1. Locator: Revelation 1:5

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 1:5.

  2. Locator: Revelation 1:5

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 1:5.

  3. Manuscript or critical textKing James Version

    Locator: Revelation 1:5

    Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 1:5.

  4. Primary textRevelation

    Locator: Revelation 1:5

    Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 1:5.

  5. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: Revelation 1:5

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 1:5.

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Source coverage5 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text1

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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King James Version

public-domain translation

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Authorized Version

Publication date: 1611; public-domain edition

What it supports: Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools.

Limitations: Translation choices reflect early modern English and should be checked against the underlying languages.

Access and reuse: Source-specific terms apply

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Revelation

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Revelation 1–22

What it supports: Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation.

Limitations: Genre, structure, chronology, dating, and symbolic referents remain disputed.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

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Revelation 22:14

Revelation 22:14: washing robes or doing commandments

LANGUAGE
Strongly Supported

Modern critical editions read “those who wash their robes”; a later reading reflected in the King James Version reads “those who do his commandments.”

Critical reading

Blessed are those who wash their robes.

Later reading

Blessed are those who do his commandments.

Why it matters

The reading affects quotation and the immediate link to Revelation's robe imagery; both require transparent textual attribution.

What it does not establish

The variant should not be used to claim that either obedience or cleansing is absent from the book as a whole.

Witness note: The site records the publication issue but does not reproduce the proprietary apparatus.

Case source coverage5 linked sources
  • Primary text1
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Claim-level citation notes (5)
  1. Locator: Revelation 22:14

    Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 22:14.

  2. Locator: Revelation 22:14

    Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 22:14.

  3. Manuscript or critical textKing James Version

    Locator: Revelation 22:14

    Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 22:14.

  4. Primary textRevelation

    Locator: Revelation 22:14

    Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 22:14.

  5. Manuscript or critical textNew Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

    Locator: Revelation 22:14

    Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure. Relevant locator for this record: Revelation 22:14.

Critical texts and witness resources (5)
Source coverage5 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text1

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

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King James Version

public-domain translation

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Authorized Version

Publication date: 1611; public-domain edition

What it supports: Supplies short attributed excerpts used in the passage tools.

Limitations: Translation choices reflect early modern English and should be checked against the underlying languages.

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Revelation

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Revelation 1–22

What it supports: Primary apocalyptic source for seals, trumpets, bowls, beasts, Armageddon, millennium, judgment, and new creation.

Limitations: Genre, structure, chronology, dating, and symbolic referents remain disputed.

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

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Daniel 9:25

Daniel 9:25: segmentation of the seven and sixty-two weeks

LANGUAGE
Disputed

Hebrew consonants do not supply modern punctuation. Editions and translations differ over whether the seven weeks and sixty-two weeks form one uninterrupted period before an anointed figure or two syntactically distinct periods.

Combined sequence

Seven weeks plus sixty-two weeks lead to an anointed ruler.

Divided sequence

An anointed ruler appears after seven weeks, followed by sixty-two weeks of rebuilding and trouble.

Versional evidence

Ancient translations and modern critical punctuation contribute to the debate but do not remove all ambiguity.

Why it matters

Chronological systems should disclose their punctuation and syntactic assumptions rather than presenting one English layout as the unmarked Hebrew text.

What it does not establish

Punctuation alone does not identify the anointed figure or settle the historical horizon.

Witness note: This is a textual-segmentation and translation case rather than a claim that one manuscript contains modern punctuation marks.

Case source coverage5 linked sources
  • Primary text1
  • Manuscript or critical text4

Coverage describes source types present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Claim-level citation notes (5)
  1. Manuscript or critical textBiblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

    Locator: Daniel 9:25

    Provides the Masoretic Hebrew and Aramaic text with a compact critical apparatus. Relevant locator for this record: Daniel 9:25.

  2. Manuscript or critical textBiblia Hebraica Quinta

    Locator: Daniel 9:25

    Provides a newer diplomatic edition and expanded textual commentary for published books of the Hebrew Bible. Relevant locator for this record: Daniel 9:25.

  3. Manuscript or critical textSeptuaginta, Rahlfs-Hanhart edition

    Locator: Daniel 9:25

    Provides a standard critical edition for studying Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures and their later reuse. Relevant locator for this record: Daniel 9:25.

  4. Primary textDaniel

    Locator: Daniel 9:25

    Supplies kingdom, Son of Man, seventy-weeks, desecration, distress, and resurrection material. Relevant locator for this record: Daniel 9:25.

  5. Locator: Daniel 9:25

    Provides manuscript images and metadata for Dead Sea Scrolls research relevant to Second Temple texts and language. Relevant locator for this record: Daniel 9:25.

Critical texts and witness resources (5)
Source coverage5 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text4
  • Primary text1

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Relevant text: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: edition description and compact critical apparatus

Publication date: 1977; later printings

What it supports: Provides the Masoretic Hebrew and Aramaic text with a compact critical apparatus.

Limitations: Its apparatus and base manuscript require specialist use; later projects revise and expand portions of the edition.

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Biblia Hebraica Quinta

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Relevant text: Biblia Hebraica Quinta: published fascicles and textual-commentary scope

Publication date: ongoing fascicle publication

What it supports: Provides a newer diplomatic edition and expanded textual commentary for published books of the Hebrew Bible.

Limitations: The edition is incomplete as a whole and must be cited by available fascicle.

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Septuaginta, Rahlfs-Hanhart edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Alfred Rahlfs; revised by Robert Hanhart

Relevant text: Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuaginta: edition description and textual scope

Publication date: revised edition 2006

What it supports: Provides a standard critical edition for studying Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures and their later reuse.

Limitations: The Septuagint is a collection with diverse translation histories; one edition cannot represent every textual form.

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Daniel

primary text

Coverage class: Primary text

Relevant text: Daniel 2; 7–12

What it supports: Supplies kingdom, Son of Man, seventy-weeks, desecration, distress, and resurrection material.

Limitations: Dating, historical referents, and future extensions are heavily disputed.

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Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

manuscript digital library

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Israel Antiquities Authority

Relevant text: Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library catalogue, manuscript images, and item metadata

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript images and metadata for Dead Sea Scrolls research relevant to Second Temple texts and language.

Limitations: Fragment identification, reconstruction, dating, and reading can remain disputed.

Access and reuse: Israel Antiquities Authority terms apply

The public digital library supplies images and metadata; item and site terms govern reuse.

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Textual decisions precede interpretation

Publication should identify the text or edition being quoted, distinguish manuscript evidence from translation choice, and state when punctuation or segmentation is editorial rather than present in the ancient consonantal text.

Evidence trail

Sources used by this guide

TEXTHISTORY

These records identify the primary texts, critical editions, historical sources, datasets, or research inputs most directly connected with this page. Each record states what it can support and where its limits remain.

Page source coverage10 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text10

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

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Source coverage10 linked sources
  • Manuscript or critical text10

Coverage identifies source families present; it is not a truth score or certainty percentage.

Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Nestle-Aland / Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition: edition description and selective critical apparatus

Publication date: 28th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a standard critical Greek text and apparatus for New Testament textual study.

Limitations: The apparatus is selective, requires specialist interpretation, and does not by itself settle translation or theology.

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The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: United Bible Societies

Relevant text: The Greek New Testament, 5th revised edition: edition description and translation-focused apparatus

Publication date: 5th revised edition

What it supports: Provides a critical Greek text with a translation-focused apparatus and confidence ratings for selected variants.

Limitations: Its apparatus is intentionally selective and must be supplemented for full manuscript research.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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SBL Greek New Testament

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Society of Biblical Literature / Michael W. Holmes

Relevant text: SBL Greek New Testament edition and official license terms

Publication date: 2010

What it supports: Offers a modern Greek text suitable for comparison and computational study.

Limitations: It is an edited text rather than a manuscript facsimile and should be compared with broader critical evidence.

Access and reuse: Licensed for reuse under stated terms

The provider publishes the SBLGNT license. Reuse must retain attribution and comply with the current license terms.

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Septuaginta, Rahlfs-Hanhart edition

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Alfred Rahlfs; revised by Robert Hanhart

Relevant text: Rahlfs-Hanhart Septuaginta: edition description and textual scope

Publication date: revised edition 2006

What it supports: Provides a standard critical edition for studying Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures and their later reuse.

Limitations: The Septuagint is a collection with diverse translation histories; one edition cannot represent every textual form.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Relevant text: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: edition description and compact critical apparatus

Publication date: 1977; later printings

What it supports: Provides the Masoretic Hebrew and Aramaic text with a compact critical apparatus.

Limitations: Its apparatus and base manuscript require specialist use; later projects revise and expand portions of the edition.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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Biblia Hebraica Quinta

critical text edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Relevant text: Biblia Hebraica Quinta: published fascicles and textual-commentary scope

Publication date: ongoing fascicle publication

What it supports: Provides a newer diplomatic edition and expanded textual commentary for published books of the Hebrew Bible.

Limitations: The edition is incomplete as a whole and must be cited by available fascicle.

Access and reuse: Publisher-controlled critical edition

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New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

manuscript research platform

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Institute for New Testament Textual Research

Relevant text: NT.VMR manuscript workspace, catalogue, transcriptions, and licensed-image access points

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript metadata, images where licensed, transcriptions, and textual-work infrastructure.

Limitations: Image availability and transcriptions vary; manuscript evidence requires paleographic and textual-critical competence.

Access and reuse: Provider- and witness-specific access

Image, transcription, and reuse permissions vary by witness and contributing institution.

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Codex Sinaiticus Project

manuscript digital edition

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Partner libraries and institutions

Relevant text: Codex Sinaiticus Project digital edition: manuscript images, transcription, and codicological description

Publication date: digital edition

What it supports: Provides high-resolution images, transcription, and codicological information for a major fourth-century biblical manuscript.

Limitations: One manuscript cannot represent the entire textual tradition, and its corrections span multiple hands and periods.

Access and reuse: Partner-institution rights apply

The project reunites the codex digitally; image reuse remains governed by the partner institutions and project terms.

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Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

manuscript digital library

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: Israel Antiquities Authority

Relevant text: Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library catalogue, manuscript images, and item metadata

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides manuscript images and metadata for Dead Sea Scrolls research relevant to Second Temple texts and language.

Limitations: Fragment identification, reconstruction, dating, and reading can remain disputed.

Access and reuse: Israel Antiquities Authority terms apply

The public digital library supplies images and metadata; item and site terms govern reuse.

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Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

manuscript digital library

Coverage class: Manuscript or critical text

Author or issuer: CSNTM

Relevant text: CSNTM digital manuscript library and catalogue records

Publication date: continuously maintained

What it supports: Provides digitized New Testament manuscript images and catalog information.

Limitations: Holdings and permissions vary; images are evidence requiring contextual manuscript analysis.

Access and reuse: Collection- and witness-specific terms apply

Catalog access does not grant unrestricted republication of manuscript images.

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