Tag: variants
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Why are there 2 variants of “feeding of the multitude” in Mark and Matthew?
Given the similarities between the two accounts (feeding the 4000 vs the 5000), it seems that these are two variants of the same event. What are the scholarly opinions about this?
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Textual Variants and Isopsephy in the New Testament :: By Randy Nettles
The New Testament was originally written in the Koine Greek language at different times by different authors. The books were composed over approximately 55 years, from 45 to 100 AD, although there is no actual scholarly consensus on the exact date of composition for the latest New Testament texts. There are no original manuscripts (called…