by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 7:19Received reading: John sent the two “to Jesus,” asking whether they should look for another.Principal competing reading: John sent them “to the Lord,” with a minor lexical variant in “another.”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 7:28Received reading: “There is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist.”Principal competing reading: “There is no one greater than John,” without the two descriptive titles.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 8:45Received reading: “Peter and they that were with him” answer, including “and sayest thou, Who touched me?”Principal competing reading: Peter answers alone; the final rhetorical question is absent.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 9:23Received reading: “Let him take up his cross daily and follow me.”Principal competing reading: “Let him take up his cross and follow me,” without “daily,” in much of the Byzantine tradition.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging;...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: Luke 8:43Received reading: The woman “had spent all her living upon physicians” and could be healed by none.Principal competing reading: The woman had suffered twelve years and could be healed by no one, without the expenditure clause.Editorial status:...
