Matthew 24

Matthew 24:6

:TEXT: “for [this] has to happen”

S B D L Theta f1 33 892 one lat cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “for all [this] has to happen”

C K O W Delta Pi Sigma f13 28 700 1010 Byz Lect

: “for these things have to happen”

565 most lat vg OTHER: “for all these things have to happen”

1241 one lat syr(p,h,pal)

It seems certain that “these things” was added by copyists from the parallel in Luke 21:9. The evidence for “all” is stronger, but it is a natural addition and is missing from early manuscripts of several kinds of ancient text.

Matthew 24:31

:TEXT: “he will send out his angels with [the sound of] a loud trumpet”

S L W X(margin) Delta Theta f1 700 892text one lat syr(s,p,h) cop(north)

ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “he will send out his angels with a loud sound of a trumpet”

B K X(text) Pi 28 33 565 892margin Byz Lect syr(h+,pal) cop(south)

KJV : “he will send out his angels with a trumpet and loud sound”

D 1010 1241 most lat vg

While it is possible that copyists may have omitted the word “sound” because it is not needed to make sense, it is more likely that it was added to change the unfamiliar “loud trumpet” to the more familiar “loud sound.”

Matthew 24:36

:TEXT: “no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.”

S*,b B D Theta f13 28 1195 1230* most lat syr(pal) some cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the Father only.”

Sa K L W Delta Pi f1 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect two lat vg syr(s,p,h) most cop

KJV ASVn RSVn NIVn TEVnCOMMENTS: It is possible that the words were added here by copyists to make the text read like the parallel passage in Mark 13:32. On the other hand, it is possible that they were omitted to avoid the theological problem of the Son of God not knowing something. The same thing happened with a few manuscripts in Mark 13:32 (including manuscripts X and 983). They are included here since they are found in early manuscripts of several kinds of ancient text.