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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.

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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-2101 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 11:11 — Bread or a Stone, Fish or a Serpent: The Full Father-and-Son Comparison

The received text includes the bread-and-stone comparison before fish and serpent. The shorter critical form begins with a son asking for a fish, leaving the bread pair to Matthew’s parallel.

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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VAR-2100 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 11:4 — “But Deliver Us from Evil”: The Disputed End of Luke’s Lord’s Prayer

The received text ends the prayer with “but deliver us from evil.” The critical text concludes after “lead us not into temptation,” while Matthew preserves the fuller antithetical petition.

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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-2099 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Luke 11:3 — Daily Bread “Day by Day”: The Verb and the Continuing Petition

The principal received and critical texts agree on Luke’s present imperative “keep giving” and the phrase “day by day.” The main difficulty is the rare adjective translated “daily,” not a substantive TR–critical omission.

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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VAR-2098 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 11:2 II — “Thy Will Be Done, as in Heaven, So in Earth”: Does the Petition Belong?

The received text includes the petition for God’s will to be done on earth as in heaven. The critical text omits it from Luke while retaining the petition in Matthew.

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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VAR-2094 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 10:1, 17 — Seventy or Seventy-Two? Counting the Lord’s Other Disciples

The received text appoints seventy and later records the return of seventy. The critical text commonly prints seventy-two in both places; both numbers have early, geographically broad support.

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-2095 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 10:20–21 — Names Written in Heaven and Jesus Rejoicing in the Spirit

Two adjacent variations are involved. The received text uses a simple past for names written and explicitly says Jesus rejoiced “in spirit”; the critical text uses a perfect-form inscription and says he rejoiced “in the Holy Spirit.”

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-2096 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 10:41–42 — “One Thing Is Needful”: The Text of Christ’s Answer to Martha

The received text says simply, “one thing is needful.” A strongly supported critical form reads, “few things are needed—or one,” which may begin with a reference to the meal before reaching Mary’s choice.

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-2097 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 11:2 I — “Our Father Which Art in Heaven”: The Opening of Luke’s Lord’s Prayer

The received text opens “Our Father which art in heaven.” The critical text begins simply “Father,” making Luke’s form shorter than Matthew’s.

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-2093 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 9:55–56 — “The Son of Man Is Not Come to Destroy Men’s Lives, but to Save Them”

The received text records Christ’s full rebuke and mission statement. The critical text says only that he turned and rebuked them, then they went to another village.

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-2092 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 9:54 — “Even as Elias Did”: Is the Appeal to Elijah Authentic?

The received text makes James and John appeal explicitly to Elijah. The critical text preserves their request for heavenly fire but omits “even as Elijah did.”

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-2091 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 9:35 — Beloved Son or Chosen Son? The Voice from the Cloud

The received text calls Jesus the Father’s “beloved” Son. The critical text reads “my Son, the Chosen One,” a form with strong early support and a possible echo of Isaiah’s servant.

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-2090 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Luke 9:23 — “Take Up His Cross Daily”: Does “Daily” Belong?

Scrivener’s received text and the principal critical text both include “daily.” The reconstructed Byzantine majority commonly omits it, so this is not a simple received-versus-critical contest.

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-2087 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 7:28 — “There Is Not a Greater Prophet than John”: Does “Prophet” Belong?

The received text calls John the Baptist the greatest “prophet” born of women. The shorter critical form omits both “prophet” and “the Baptist,” reading simply that no one is greater than John.

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-2086 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 7:19 — Did John Send Two Disciples, or Send Them “unto Jesus”?

The received text says John sent two disciples “to Jesus.” The critical text reads “to the Lord.” A second variation distinguishes “another” from “a different one” in their question.

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-2088 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 8:43 — “Had Spent All Her Living upon Physicians”: Is the Clause Authentic?

The clause about spending her whole livelihood on physicians is omitted by some influential early witnesses and by certain critical editions, but retained by the received text and by other modern Greek 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.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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VAR-2089 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 8:45 — “Peter and They That Were with Him”: Who Answered Jesus?

The received text names Peter together with his companions and includes their full objection, “and sayest thou, Who touched me?” The shorter form names Peter alone and ends after the crowd presses Jesus.

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-2082 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 6:4 — David Ate and Gave: Has the Parallel Been Assimilated or Shortened?

The variation concerns the grammatical shape of David’s actions. The received text uses finite verbs and an added conjunction—he took and ate, and also gave—where the critical form makes “taking” subordinate before “he ate and gave.”

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-2083 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Luke 6:5 — The Bezan Sabbath Story: How an Ancient Expansion Entered the Record

The received and critical texts move directly to Christ’s lordship over the Sabbath. Codex Bezae adds a separate story about a man working on the Sabbath, blessing him if he understands his act and condemning him if he does not.

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-2084 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 6:10 — “Restored Whole as the Other”: Does the Comparison Belong?

The received text says the withered hand was restored “whole as the other.” Critical editions end with “his hand was restored,” while intermediate witnesses preserve part of the fuller comparison.

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-2085 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

Luke 6:35 — “Hoping for Nothing Again”: What Did Christ Command in Lending?

The principal Greek texts agree on the verb ἀπελπίζοντες. The dispute is lexical: it has traditionally been rendered “hoping for nothing again,” while some argue for “never despairing” or related senses.

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-2080 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 5:38–39 — New Wine, New Bottles, and the Entire Disputed Final Saying

The received text includes “and both are preserved,” “straightway,” and the full closing judgment that the old is better. Critical editions vary across these smaller units but retain the distinctive saying about preferring old wine.

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-2079 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 5:17 — Was the Power of the Lord Present “to Heal Them” or “to Heal Him”?

The received text uses a plural pronoun, “to heal them.” The critical form uses a singular, “to heal him,” pointing ahead to the paralytic who is about to be lowered through the roof.

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-2078 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

Luke 4:44 — Galilee or Judea? Locating the Synagogues of Christ’s Preaching

The received text locates the preaching in Galilee. The critical text reads Judea, a term that may denote the wider Jewish land but sits unexpectedly before Luke narrates the Galilean ministry in detail.

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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