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Matthew 27
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matthew.27.mt27Verse35Addition
ἵνα πληρωθῇ ... ἔβαλον κλῆρον
TEXTBOUNDARYhigh confidence
Does verse 35 include an explicit fulfillment quotation?
The earliest witnesses move directly from casting lots to sitting down. Later manuscripts add a fulfillment formula quoting Psalm 22, likely imported from John 19:24 or explanatory tradition.
Why this default
Omission is default because the explicit fulfillment quotation is absent from the earliest and strongest witnesses and closely resembles John 19:24.
Evidence
ExternalThe addition is absent from א, A, B, D, L, W and important early versions; it appears in later Greek and Byzantine witnesses.
InternalThe addition explains the casting of lots by importing a familiar fulfillment formula. Accidental loss of the complete sentence across diverse early streams is unlikely.
Project defaultOmit
Project default · absent from earliest witnesses
Witnessessentence absent · א, A, B, D, L, W, early versionsAlternativeso that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: ‘They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast a lot.’
Later expanded reading
Witnessessentence present · later Greek and Byzantine traditionAlternative[so that the prophet’s word about dividing garments and casting lots might be fulfilled]
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WitnessesDisplay option · later fulfillment sentence bracketedRecord integrity
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