Luke 24

Luke 24:3

:TEXT: “did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.”

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KJV ASV RSVn NASV NIV TEV RANK: DNOTES: “did not find the body.”

D some lat

ASVn RSV : “did not find the body of Jesus.”

1241 syr(c,s,p) one cop(north) one cop(south)

While it is possible that the words “of the Lord Jesus” is a natural expansion, the weight of evidence, combined with the fact that there is only one minor variation, would indicate that the words were original. The word “Lord” may have been omitted from a few manuscripts either accidently (it ends with the same two letters as “the”) or when copyists changed it to be like Luke 23:52. Luke elsewhere uses “the Lord Jesus” in Acts 1:21; Acts 4:33; Acts 8:16 of the risen Christ.

Luke 24:6

:TEXT: “among the dead? ·He is not here, but has been raised. Remember how he spoke to plyou”

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KJV ASV RSVn NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: “among the dead? ·Remember how he spoke to plyou”

D some lat

ASVn RSV NASVn : “among the dead? ·He is not here; he has been raised. Remember how he spoke to plyou”

C* syr(p) one cop(north)

While it is possible that the missing sentence was derived by copyists from similar sentences in the parallels of Mat 28:6 and Mark 16:6, the fact that neither the text reading nor the minor variations of it read exactly like either of those parallels indicates that the text reading is original. It is supported by most early manuscripts of several types of ancient text.

Luke 24:9

:TEXT: “and returning from the tomb they told all these things”

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KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: DNOTES: “and returning they told all these things”

D some lat

ASVnCOMMENTS: While it is possible that the words “from the tomb” were added by copyists from the parallels in Matthew 28:8 and Mark 16:8, it is also possible that the words were accidently omitted by a mistake of the eye (the Greek word for “they told” begins with the same two letters as “from”). The fact that the words are found in most early manuscripts of several types of ancient text indicates that they are original.

Luke 24:12

:TEXT: include verse 12: “·But Peter rose and ran to the tomb. And stooping to look in, he saw* the linen cloths by themselves. And he went back to his [home], marveling at what had happened.”

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KJV ASV RSVn NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: omit verse 12

D some lat some syr(pal)

ASVn RSV NASVn NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: Although it is possible that verse 12 was added by copyists as a synopsis of Joh 20:3; John 20:5-6; John 10:1-42, the likelihood of such happening without variations in so many manuscripts is very small. The fact that the verse is found in most early manuscripts of several types of ancient text indicates that it is original.

Luke 24:13

:TEXT: “which was sixty stades distance”

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KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “which was a hundred and sixty stades distance”

S K* Theta Pi 079vid syr(pal)

RSVnOTHER: “which was seven stades distance”

one lat

The word “hundred” was probably added by copyists because many ancient teachers identified Emmaus with modern Nicopolis, which Isaiah 176 stades from Jerusalem. The reading “seven” probably came from the fact that sixty stades is about seven miles, with the copyist becoming mixed up and giving the number of miles with the measure in stades.

Luke 24:32

:TEXT: “our hearts burning within us while he was speaking to us”

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KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV TEV RANK: CNOTES: “our hearts burning while he was speaking to us”

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RSV2n : The words “within us” are in brackets in the UBS text because they are missing from early manuscripts of two different kinds of ancient text. The are retained in the text because it is possible that they were omitted from those manuscripts because they seem to be redundant following “our.”

Luke 24:36

:TEXT: “stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace to plyou.’”

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KJV ASV RSVn NASVn NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: “stood in their midst.”

D some lat

ASVn RSV NASV NEB TEVnOTHER: “stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace to plyou. It is I; quit being afraid.’”

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Although it is possible that the words “and said to them, ‘Peace to plyou’” were added by copyists from the parallel in John 20:19, the fact that they are found in so many early manuscripts of several types of ancient text indicates that they are original. The words “It is I; quit being afraid” were apparently added by copyists from the time that the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water and thought that he was a ghost, as found in Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, and John 6:20.

Luke 24:40

:TEXT: include verse 40: “·And when he had said this, he showed them [his] hands and [his] feet.”

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KJV ASV RSVn NASVn NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: omit verse 40

D some lat syr(c,s)

ASVn RSV NASV NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: While it is possible that this verse was added by copyists from John 20:20 with “his side” changed to “his feet” to match verse Luke 24:39, the fact that the verse is found in early manuscripts of several types of ancient text indicates that it is original.

Luke 24:42

:TEXT: “a piece of broiled fish, ·and he took [it]”

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ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “a piece of broiled fish and [some] of a honeycomb, ·and he took [it]”

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KJV ASVnCOMMENTS: Although it is possible that the words “and of a honeycomb” were accidently omitted when copyists’ eyes jumped from “and” to “and,” the fact that these words are missing from early manuscripts of several types of ancient text makes it unlikely that they are original. Since some parts of the early church used honey in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper and the baptismal ceremony, perhaps they were added to give scriptural support to this liturgical practice.

Luke 24:47

:TEXT: “repentance for the forgiveness of sins”

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ASVn NASV NEB RANK: DNOTES: “repentance and the forgiveness of sins”

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KJV ASV RSV NASVn NIV : Luke uses both expressions: “repentance for forgiveness” in Luke 3:3 and “repentance and forgiveness” in Acts 5:31. The UBS Textual Committee decided that copyists would have been more likely to have changed “for” (literally, “into”) to “and” than visa versa, because of the second use of “into” (often translated “to”) in the prepositional phrase “to all nations” later on in the verse.

Luke 24:51

:TEXT: “he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.”

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KJV ASV RSV1n RSV2 NASVn NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: “he parted from them.”

S* D some lat syr(s) (“was lifted up”)

ASVn RSV1 RSV2n NASV NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: The Sinaitic Syriac reading seems to be a condensation of the two phrases rather than an omission of the second. The omission of “and was carried up into heaven” in manuscript S* can be explained by a mistake of the eye, when the copyist’s eye jumped from “and” to “and.” It is also possible to explain the omission from manuscript D and the Latin manuscripts as a mistake of the eye when copyists’ eyes jumped from “them” to “him” in verse 52 (there is only one letter difference between these words in Greek). At any rate, the fact that the words are found in most early manuscripts of several types of ancient text indicates that they are original.

Luke 24:52

:TEXT: “And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem”

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KJV ASV RSVn NASVn NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: “And they returned to Jerusalem”

D some lat syr(s)

ASVn RSV NASV : Although it is possible that the reference to worship could have been added by copyists from Matthew 28:17, this does not seem likely. The omission may have been caused by a mistake of the eye when copyists’ eyes jumped from “them” in verse Luke 24:51 to “him” (there is only one letter difference between these words in Greek). At any rate, the fact that the words are found in most early manuscripts of several types of ancient text indicates that they are original.