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Matthew 24
matthew.24.mt24NorSon
οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός
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 default · major early witnesses
Witnessesοὐδὲ ὁ υἱός · א*, B, D, Θ, f¹³ and early versionsBroad later omission
Witnessesphrase absent · א¹, L, W, f¹, 33, Byzantine traditionFork visible in-line
WitnessesDisplay option · phrase bracketedRecord integrity
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