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Matthew 24
matthew.24.mt24DayHour
ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ / ποίᾳ ὥρᾳ
Do disciples not know the ‘day’ or the ‘hour’ in verse 42?
The manuscripts divide, likely under influence from nearby sayings about both day and hour.
Why this default
‘Day’ is default because it fits the rhetorical movement from day in verse 42 to hour in verse 44 and has strong early support. ‘Hour’ is readily drawn from adjacent sayings.
Evidence
ExternalDay: א, B and important early support; hour: D, W, Θ and substantial later support.
InternalVerse 36 names both day and hour, while verse 44 explicitly uses hour; either could influence copying. The day-to-hour progression favors ‘day’ here.
Project default · early reading
Witnessesποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ · א, B and early supportVariant reading
Witnessesποίᾳ ὥρᾳ · D, W, Θ and later supportFork visible in-line
WitnessesDisplay option · noun fork shownRecord integrity
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