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Matthew 24

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matthew.24.mt24NorSon

οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός

TEXTTRANSLATIONlow confidence

Does Matthew explicitly say ‘nor the Son’?

The phrase has powerful early Alexandrian and Western support but is absent from much of the later tradition; both theological omission and assimilation to Mark are plausible.

Why this default

Inclusion is the working default because the phrase has exceptionally weighty early and diverse support and its omission is easily explained by theological discomfort. Assimilation from Mark 13:32 remains a serious counter-explanation.

Evidence

ExternalInclude: א*, B, D, Θ, family 13 and important Old Latin/Syriac support; omit: א¹, L, W, family 1, 33 and the broad Byzantine tradition.

InternalScribes could omit the difficult statement that the Son does not know; alternatively they could add it from the nearly identical Markan parallel. Both motives are strong, so confidence remains low.

Project defaultnor the Son

Project default · major early witnesses

Witnessesοὐδὲ ὁ υἱός · א*, B, D, Θ, f¹³ and early versions
Alternative[phrase absent]

Broad later omission

Witnessesphrase absent · א¹, L, W, f¹, 33, Byzantine tradition
Alternative[nor the Son]

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WitnessesDisplay option · phrase bracketed

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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