The evidence against the final ἀμὴν is very strong: אABD, many versions and Fathers.

20. μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰμί. The Lord Jesus had already taught His disciples during the forty days how He could be present with them and yet be unseen by them. They could then the more easily believe this promise.

πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. ‘All the days,’ not at intervals during the days (διʼ ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος, Acts 1:3), but continuously on each and all the days between now and the completion of the Æon.

ἕως τής κ.τ.λ. See note ch. Matthew 13:39. The last words of St Matthew’s Gospel fall solemnly on the ear, the sense of the continual presence of Christ is not broken even by an account of the Ascension. No true subject can doubt that the King is enthroned in Heaven.

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