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John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke were developed through direct Greek analysis, lexical work, and manuscript comparison. Where surviving witnesses materially disagree, the competing Greek readings and their effect on English remain open to the reader.

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SBLGNT

standardized inspectable Greek reference edition

Textual basis

SBL Greek New Testament

Edited by Michael W. Holmes. The project's standardized, publicly inspectable Greek reference edition. It is not presented as retroactive proof that every existing chapter originated from one uniform printed edition.

This is an honest reference claim, not a retroactive claim that all completed work began from one uniform printed edition. Material manuscript forks remain independently documented at the reading they affect.

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Translation record

Mark 13

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mark.13.m13Hour

περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ... ἢ τῆς ὥρας

GRAMMARTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

How exact is the unknown time?

The paired day and hour deny knowledge of both date and precise moment.

Why this default

‘Concerning that day or the hour’ is default because it preserves both paired time units and the progression from date to precise moment. ‘Date or exact time’ explains the idiom but replaces Mark’s eschatological day-language with modern scheduling vocabulary.

Evidence

ExternalNo separate external-evidence note is recorded for this stable-text decision.

InternalThe decision record relies on the stated lexical, grammatical, or translation rationale.

Project defaultconcerning that day or the hour

Project default · both units

Alternativeabout that date or exact time

Sense exposed

Alternativeas for that day and moment

Precision foregrounded

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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The manifest is regenerated from the translation source before every production build. Its source digest is 450adc54c1fc782fbae5e9ed6a640a2ae0e3be080722ac134c84e1248c2a312a.

Decision-level revision history begins with this ledger. Earlier development is not reconstructed into false precision; future material changes can be appended to the relevant record with their reason and date.