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Matthew 26

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matthew.26.mt26Sleep

καθεύδετε τὸ λοιπὸν καὶ ἀναπαύεσθε

BOUNDARYGRAMMARTRANSLATIONunresolved confidence

Is Jesus permitting sleep or confronting it?

The unpunctuated wording can be read as an ironic command, a question, or a resigned permission before the abrupt ‘Look, the hour has drawn near.’

Why this default

The earliest manuscripts do not supply punctuation to decide whether the imperatives are ironic commands or function as a rebuking question. The default follows the immediate confrontation while keeping the alternatives open.

Evidence

ExternalThe wording itself is stable; punctuation and pragmatic force are editorial decisions rather than competing manuscript readings.

InternalThe sudden ‘Look—the hour has drawn near’ can follow either resigned permission or an incredulous rebuke.

Project defaultAre you still sleeping and resting?

Project default · rebuke as question

WitnessesSame Greek text · interrogative punctuation supplied
AlternativeSleep on now and rest

Traditional command

WitnessesSame Greek text · imperatives read straightforwardly
AlternativeEnough—sleeping and resting!

Abrupt confrontation

WitnessesSame Greek text · abrupt idiomatic construal

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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