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Matthew 16
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matthew.16.mt16Weather
ὀψίας γενομένης ... σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν
TEXTBOUNDARYTRANSLATIONlow confidence
Does the weather-sign saying belong in Matthew here?
Verses 2b–3 are absent from several major witnesses but ancient and widespread elsewhere. The project keeps the shorter text as default while making the whole unit recoverable.
Why this default
The shorter text is the project default because the entire weather saying is absent from exceptionally important and diverse witnesses. Inclusion is nevertheless ancient and widespread, so the unit remains fully recoverable.
Evidence
ExternalOmitted by א, B, V, X, Y, Γ, families 13 and important Old Syriac, Coptic, Armenian and patristic witnesses; included by C, D, L, W, Δ, Θ, family 1, 33, 892 and broad Latin, Syriac and later Greek support.
InternalThe saying may have entered Matthew through harmonization with Luke 12:54–56, though its exact wording is not identical. Deliberate or accidental omission remains possible, which keeps confidence low.
Project default[The weather-sign saying is absent]
Project default · major early omission
WitnessesVerses 2b–3 absent · א, B, V, X, Y, Γ, family 13, early versionsAlternativeWhen evening comes, you say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky reddens,’
Ancient widespread inclusion
WitnessesWeather saying present · C, D, L, W, Δ, Θ, family 1, 33, 892Alternative[When evening comes, you say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky reddens,’]
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