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VAR-2128 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 24:36, 40 — “Peace Be unto You” and the Displayed Hands and Feet

The received text includes Jesus’ peace greeting and the act of displaying his hands and feet. These were questioned as Western non-interpolations but are retained by the principal current critical editions.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2123 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 23:42 — “Lord, Remember Me” or “Jesus, Remember Me”?

The received text addresses the crucified Christ as “Lord.” The critical text has the vocative “Jesus” and no added “Lord,” with a further variation between coming “in” and coming “into” the kingdom.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2124 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Luke 23:43 — “Today Shalt Thou Be with Me in Paradise”: Can Punctuation Reverse the Promise?

The principal Greek words are stable; ancient manuscripts do not supply the modern comma. Normal Greek syntax and Jesus’ repeated “Amen, I say to you” formula attach “today” to being with him in paradise, not to the act of speaking.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2125 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 23:45 — Was the Sun Darkened or Eclipsed? The Greek behind the Darkness

The received text says “the sun was darkened.” The critical text uses a participial form of ἐκλείπω, “the sun failing,” which can be translated “eclipsed” but need not describe an ordinary astronomical eclipse.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2122 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 23:34 — “Father, Forgive Them”: Is Christ’s Prayer from the Cross Authentic?

The received text includes Jesus’ prayer for his executioners. Several important early witnesses omit it, while other early and broad streams retain it; modern critical editions have differed between brackets and inclusion.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2118 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:64 — Blindfolded, Struck on the Face, and Commanded to Prophesy

The received text explicitly says the captors struck Jesus’ face before demanding that he identify the assailant. The critical text retains blindfolding, beating, and the taunt but omits the added face-striking clause within verse 64.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2121 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 23:17 — “Of Necessity He Must Release One unto Them at the Feast”

The received text includes a whole sentence explaining Pilate’s festival obligation. The critical text omits the verse; parallel Gospels describe the custom in their own wording.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2120 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 23:15 — “I Sent You to Him” or “He Sent Him Back to Us”?

The received text has Pilate say, “I sent you to him.” The critical text says of Herod, “he sent him back to us,” matching the narrative statement that Herod returned Jesus to Pilate.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2119 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:68 — “Nor Let Me Go”: Has Christ’s Answer to the Council Been Shortened?

The received text says the council will neither answer Jesus nor release him. The critical text ends after “you will not answer,” while Tregelles and other witnesses support the release clause.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2116 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:43–44 III — Christ’s True Humanity and the Theological Pressure upon the Text

The passage became a christological battleground because it depicts angelic strengthening and intense bodily anguish. Both interpolation and omission have been explained as doctrinally motivated, so theology must illuminate possible transmission without dictating the text.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2117 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:43–44 IV — Omission, Transposition, and the Probable History of Corruption

The pattern of omission, critical marking, and relocation suggests an early disputed passage. The received position in Luke best explains the material’s language and reception, while its movement into Matthew reflects attempts to preserve words whose location had been questioned.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2115 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:43–44 II — Justin, Irenaeus, Hippolytus, and the Early Patristic Witness

Second- and early-third-century Christian writers know the bloody-sweat tradition and use it in arguments about Christ’s incarnation and passion. Their testimony predates the great fourth-century codices but must still be evaluated as citation, not as surviving Gospel manuscripts.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2114 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:43–44 I — The Manuscript Evidence for the Angel and the Bloody Sweat

The received text includes the strengthening angel, Christ’s agony, and sweat like drops of blood. The passage is absent from several major early witnesses, present in many others including an early fragment, marked in some copies, and transposed in a small stream.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2113 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:31 — “And the Lord Said, Simon, Simon”: Is the Speaker Explicitly Named?

The received text introduces the warning with “And the Lord said.” The critical text begins directly, “Simon, Simon,” with Jesus remaining the obvious speaker from context.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2112 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 22:17–20 — Cup, Bread, and Cup: The Long and Short Forms of the Lord’s Supper

The received and principal modern texts contain a first cup, the bread saying, and a second cup identified with the new covenant. Codex Bezae and a limited Western stream omit the latter part of verse 19 and all of verse 20.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2111 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 21:36 — “Accounted Worthy to Escape” or “Have Strength to Escape”?

The received text calls disciples to pray that they may be “accounted worthy.” The critical text uses a different verb, “have strength” or “prevail,” shifting from judicial estimation to divinely enabled endurance.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2110 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 19:45 — “Them That Sold Therein, and Them That Bought”: Has the Temple Cleansing Been Shortened?

The received text says Jesus expelled both sellers and buyers. The critical text mentions sellers only, while Matthew and Mark explicitly include both groups.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2107 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 17:36 — “Two Men Shall Be in the Field”: Is the Entire Verse Authentic?

The received text includes the field pair as verse 36. The principal critical text omits the whole verse, while Matthew contains the same comparison in his eschatological discourse.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2109 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 18:28 — “We Have Left All” or “Our Own”? The Apostles’ Confession

The received text says the apostles left “all.” The critical text says they left “our own things,” emphasizing possessions belonging to them without using the absolute term.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2108 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 18:24 — “When Jesus Saw That He Was Very Sorrowful”: Does the Narrative Clause Belong?

The clause “when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful” is retained by the received text and by the Nestle-Aland tradition, but omitted in some other influential critical witnesses and editions.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2106 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 17:3, 9 — “Rebuke Him,” “Forgive Him,” and “I Trow Not”

The received text specifies sin “against thee” and ends the servant question with “I think not.” The critical text omits both phrases; the two omissions are separate variation units.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2105 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 14:5 — Son or Donkey? The Sabbath Rescue Saying

The received text pairs a donkey with an ox. The critical text pairs a son with an ox. The Greek words for “son” and “donkey” are short and could be confused, while each reading produces a different rhetorical scale.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2104 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 13:35 — “Till the Time Come”: Has the Prophetic Saying Been Shortened?

The received text calls the house “desolate” and says they will not see Christ “until the time come when” they bless the coming one. Critical forms vary over both “desolate” and the temporal phrase.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2103 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 12:39 — “He Would Have Watched”: The Fuller Warning to the Householder

The received text explicitly says the householder “would have watched” and would not have allowed the break-in. Some critical forms omit the watching clause; others retain it, so modern editorial testimony is divided.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
Review
Level B — Editorial synthesis
Open controlled record