by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:28Received reading: The angel says, “Blessed art thou among women,” after “the Lord is with thee.”Principal competing reading: The greeting ends with “the Lord is with thee”; the blessing is absent.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:35Received reading: The Holy One being born shall be called the Son of God; the Authorized Version supplies “of thee” to express the context naturally.Principal competing reading: A secondary Greek form explicitly adds “of thee” (ἐκ σοῦ); the principal...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:68Received reading: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.”Principal competing reading: Scattered secondary adjustments to the divine title or word order; no principal critical omission.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging;...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:37Received reading: “With God no word shall be impossible,” with παρά governing the dative “God.”Principal competing reading: “No word from God shall be impossible,” with παρά governing the genitive.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 1:46Received reading: “And Mary said,” introducing the Magnificat.Principal competing reading: “And Elisabeth said,” in a small Old Latin stream; conjecture that the earliest text named no speaker.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
