Luke 1:1-4 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Luke

Chapter 1

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1. επειδηπερ πολλοι επεχειρησαν αναταξασθαι διηγησιν περι των πεπληροφορημενων εν ημιν πραγματων Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

2. καθως παρεδοσαν ημιν οι απ αρχης αυτοπται και υπηρεται γενομενοι του λογου even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

3. εδοξε[1] καμοι παρηκολουθηκοτι ανωθεν πασιν ακριβως καθεξης σοι γραψαι κρατιστε θεοφιλε it seemed good to me also, having followed all things accurately from the beginning, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

4. ινα επιγνως περι ων κατηχηθης λογων την ασφαλειαν that you may know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

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[1] NA-Text and P-Text read “εδοξε”, same verbal tense spelled differently, which is supported by codices א, B, D and Theophylact. The TR is supported by codices A, E, F, K, S, Θ, Λ, Ω, family of manuscripts ƒ¹, minuscules 2, 565, 1424 and the Byzantine manuscripts. The contracted form has been adopted in the Greek text.

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Notes:

1. Text in red letters are places where the original reading in the Textus Receptus has been revised and corrected;

2. The English translation used as a reference is the WEB brought to conformity as literal as possible to the Textus Receptus. The end product though is not the WEB or a revised WEB and it should not be called WEB. The content of this post is freely available to everyone and it is not supposed to be copyrighted;

3. TR: Textus Receptus. This text is not copyrighted;

4. NA-Text: Nestle-Aland text commonly known as critical text;

5. M-Text: Majority Text;

6. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

7. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

8. P-Text: Patriarchal Text, also known as Patriarchal Greek New Testament, published by the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

9. The creator of the variant apparatus available in the VarApp kindly gave me permission to freely use the information contained in the material he put together.

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To God all the glory for the preservation of the scriptures! He reigns!