Luke 23

Luke 23:15

:TEXT: “And neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us.”

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “And neither did Herod, for I sent plyou over to him.”

A D W X Delta Psi f1 28 565 700 1010 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(h)

KJV ASVnOTHER: “And neither did Herod, for he sent him back to plyou.”

f13 OTHER: “And neither did Herod, for I sent him over to him.”

syr(c,s,p)

Another variation exists in later manuscripts (“I sent him to plyou”). Of all these variations, only two commend themselves, and the text reading has the stronger evidence supporting it. Since in later Greek, the words for “plyou” and “us” sounded alike, the evidence of family 13 may be taken as supporting the text reading.

Luke 23:17

:TEXT: omit verse 17

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: include verse 17: “·Now he had an obligation to release one [prisoner] to them at the feast.”

S W X Delta \ f1 f13 28 565 700 \ 1010 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h) some cop(north)

KJV ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnNOTES: include verse 17 after verse 19

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ASVn RSVn

The evidence listed above in braces has a different word order for verse 17. Although it is possible that the verse was accidently omitted through a mistake of the eye (verse 17 and verse 18 both begin with the same three letters), its omission from several early manuscripts as well as the different positions and word orders in which it is found would indicate that it was added by copyists based on the parallels in Matthew 27:15 and Mark 15:6.

Luke 23:34

:TEXT: “one on the left. ·And Jesus was saying, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.’ Now to divide his clothes”

S*,c A C Db E K L X Delta Pi Psi f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(c,p,h,pal) some cop(north)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “one on the left. Now to divide his clothes”

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ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnCOMMENTS: The words that are omitted 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. But unless one says that they were omitted by copyists who thought that the destruction of Jerusalem meant that Jesus’ prayer was unanswered, the fact that they are missing from several early manuscripts of different types of ancient text 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 23:38

:TEXT: “an inscription over him, ‘This [is] the King’”

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “an inscription written over him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew, ‘This [is] the King’”

S*,b (omit “written”) A C3 D K W X Delta Theta Pi Psi f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h) some cop(north) (omit “written”)

KJV RSVnOTHER: “an inscription written over him, ‘This [is] the King’”

C* one lat syr(c,s)

The additional words are found with several different word orders and with two different words being used for “written.” This combined with their omission from several early manuscripts would indicate that they were added by copyists from John 19:20.

Luke 23:42

:TEXT: “remember me whenever you come into your kingdom.”

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KJV* ASVn RSV NASVn* NIV NEB TEV? RANK: CNOTES: “remember me whenever you come in your kingdom.”

S A C K W X Delta Theta Pi Psi 0124 f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect three lat syr cop

ASV RSVn NASV NEBn TEV? (“as King”)OTHER: “remember me in the day of your coming.”

D (both Greek and Latin)

While it is possible that “into” is a scribal correction introduced as fitting better with “come” than “in,” the UBS Textual Committee felt that the reading “into” fit better with Luke’s theology (see Luke 24:26).

Luke 23:45

:TEXT: “while the sun[’s light] failed.”

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “while the sun was darkened.”

A C3 D K W X Delta Theta Pi Psi f1 f13 28 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz some Lect lat vg syr

KJV RSVnOTHER: “while the sun[’s light] failed and the sun was darkened.”

C2(vid) OTHER: omit the phrase

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Since the text reading can also be translated “the sun was eclipsed” and no solar eclipse was possible at the time of the full moon that marked the Passover feast, the reading “the sun was darkened” seems to be a scribal correction to remove a possible mistake.