Luke 22

Luke 22:16

:TEXT: “I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled”

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ASV RSV NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “I shall not eat it again until it is fulfilled”

C D K P W X Delta Pi Psi f13 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect most lat vg syr

KJV RSVn NASV NIV : The word “not” seems to have been strengthened to “not again” on the pattern of Mar 14:25, especially since it seems that Christ did eat this meal.

Luke 22:19-20

:TEXT: “‘This is my body which is given for plyou. Keep doing this in memory of me.’ ·And in a similar way [he took] the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for plyou. ·But behold, the hand of the one betraying me’”

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KJV ASV RSV1n RSV2 NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “‘This is my body. But behold, the hand of the one betraying me’”

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ASVn RSV1 RSV2n NASVn NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: The order of cup–bread–cup for the last supper gave problems to several copyists who did not realize that the first cup was part of the passover meal and not part of the institution of the Lord’s Supper. They solved this problem either by omitting verses 19b-20 or verses 17-18. Two Latin manuscripts and two Syrian texts also rearranged the text to have the bread first.

Luke 22:43-44

:TEXT: include verses 43 and 44: “·And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. ·And being in agony he started praying more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.”

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KJV ASV RSV1 RSV2n NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: omit verses 43 and 44

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ASVn RSV1n RSV2 NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnOTHER: include verses 43 and 44 after Matthew 26:39 instead of here

f13 some Lect (also the first part of verse Luke 22:45)

Verses 43 and 44 are enclosed by double brackets in the UBS text, which means that the UBS Textual Committee felt that they were not originally written by Luke. The fact that they are quoted by second century writers such as Justin Martyr and Irenaeus and are found in the second century Diatessaron, an early harmony of the four gospels by Tatian, is proof that they are quite old. While it is possible that they might have been omitted by copyists who did not approve of verses that showed such human weakness of Jesus, the fact that they are missing from several early manuscripts of Luke would seem to indicate that they were not originally present. However, their age indicates that they may be regarded as true scripture which has come to find its place here in the canon.

Luke 22:62

:TEXT: include verse 62: “·And he went outside and wept bitterly.”

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KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: omit verse 62

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: Although it is possible that the verse may have been copied exactly from the parallel in Matthew 26:75, the fact that it is included in so many manuscripts indicates that it was probably accidently omitted when copyists’ eyes jumped from the “And” at the beginning of the verse to the “And” at the beginning of the next verse.

Luke 22:68

:TEXT: “plyou will not answer.”

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “plyou will not answer me or release [me].”

A D K W X Delta Pi Psi f13 28 565 700 892 (omit “me”) 1010 Byz Lect lat vg syr

: “plyou will not answer me.”

Theta f1 cop(south)

Although it is possible that the words “me or release” were accidently omitted through a mistake of the eye (the Greek words for “answer” and “release” end with the same three letters), it is not possible that just the words “or release” were accidently omitted that way. Therefore the UBS Textual Committee felt that both “me” and “me or release” were early natural additions by copyists.