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Matthew 8
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matthew.8.mt8HourAddition
καὶ ἰάθη ὁ παῖς ... / later expansion
TEXTBOUNDARYTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Does the centurion episode end with an added report from his house?
The early text says the servant was healed in that hour. Many later copies add that the centurion returned home and found the servant well, expanding the close with a narrative confirmation.
Why this default
The concise healing notice is default because it has strong early support. The return-home report duplicates the same hour marker and supplies a narratively satisfying confirmation, making expansion more likely than omission.
Evidence
ExternalShort ending: א, B, C, Z, family 1, 33 and important early versions; expanded return-home report: C2, E, K, L, W, Θ, family 13 and Byzantine witnesses.
InternalA scribe could readily add a confirmation modeled on parallel healing stories. Independent loss of the entire smooth conclusion across early streams is less likely.
Project defaultAnd the servant was healed in that hour
Project default · shorter early ending
Witnessesκαὶ ἰάθη ὁ παῖς ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐκείνῃ · א, B, C*, Z, family 1, 33, early versionsAlternativeAnd the servant was healed in that hour; and the centurion, returning to his house in that hour, found the servant well
Expanded later ending
WitnessesExpanded return and finding-well clause · C2, E, K, L, W, Θ, family 13, Byzantine traditionAlternativeAnd the servant was healed in that hour [and the centurion returned home and found him well]
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