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Matthew 22
matthew.22.mt22TakeAway
[ἄρατε αὐτὸν]
Does the king command ‘take him away’ before casting him out?
The shortest early form moves directly from binding to casting out. Later streams add ‘take him away,’ while Western witnesses rearrange the phrase.
Why this default
The shorter binding-and-casting command is default because it has strong early support. ‘Take him away’ supplies an obvious intermediate action and appears in multiple secondary arrangements.
Evidence
ExternalShort: א, B, L, Θ, 085, families 1/13, 700, 892 and broad early versions; added command: C, K, W, Δ, 0102, 33 and Byzantine tradition; rearranged Western form: D and Old Latin.
InternalAn explicit removal command smooths the movement from binding to outer darkness. Its variant placement signals expansion rather than a single phrase accidentally lost.
Project default · shorter early form
Witnessesδήσαντες ... ἐκβάλετε · א, B, L, Θ, 085, f¹, f¹³, 700, 892Later expanded form
Witnessesadds ἄρατε αὐτόν · C, K, W, Δ, 0102, 33, Byzantine traditionWestern arrangement
Witnessesrearranged command · D, Old LatinRecord integrity
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