Luke 3:23-38 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Luke

Chapter 3

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23. και αυτος ην ο[1] ιησους ωσει ετων τριακοντα αρχομενος ων ως ενομιζετο υιος ιωσηφ του ηλι And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

24. του ματθατ[2] του λευι του μελχι του ιαννα[3] του ιωσηφ the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,

25. του ματταθιου του αμως του ναουμ του εσλι του ναγγαι the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

26. του μααθ του ματταθιου του σεμει[4] του ιωσηχ[5] του ιουδα[6] the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semei, the son of Josech, the son of Judah,

27. του ιωαννα[7] του ρησα του ζοροβαβελ του σαλαθιηλ του νηρι the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

28. του μελχι του αδδι του κωσαμ του ελμαδαμ[8] του ηρ the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

29. του ιωσου[9] του ελιεζερ του ιωρειμ[10] του ματθατ[11] του λευι the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

30. του συμεων[12] του ιουδα του ιωσηφ του ιωναμ[13] του ελιακειμ[14] the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

31. του μελεα του μαιναν[15] του ματταθα του ναθαν[16] του δαυιδ the son of Melea, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

32. του ιεσσαι του ωβηδ[17] του βοοζ[18] του σαλμων[19] του ναασσων the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

33. του αμιναδαβ [20] του αραμ[21] του εσρωμ του φαρες του ιουδα the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

34. του ιακωβ του ισαακ του αβρααμ του θαρα του ναχωρ the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

35. του σερουχ[22] του ραγαυ του φαλεκ[23] του εβερ του σαλα the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

36. του καιναν[24] του αρφαξαδ του σημ του νωε του λαμεχ the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

37. του μαθουσαλα του ενωχ του ιαρεδ[25] του μαλελεηλ του καιναν the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

38. του ενως του σηθ του αδαμ του θεου the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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[1] NA-Text omits the definite article “ο”.

[2] NA-Text reads “μαθθατ”.

[3] NA-Text reads “ιανναι”.

[4] NA-Text reads “σεμειν”.

[5] NA-Text and Vg-St read “ιωσηχ” (Latin equivalent: “Iosech”), which is supported by codices א, B and Theophylact. The TR is supported by codex Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The Greek spelling and the translation have been adjusted following the NA-Text.

[6] NA-Text and Vg-St read “ιωδα” (Latin equivalent: “Ioda”), which is supported by codices א and B. The TR is supported by codex Θ, the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact.

[7] NA-Text, PT, WPF³⁵ and M-Text read “ιωαναν”. This reading is supported by codex B. Codex א reads “ιωναν”. The TR is supported by codex Θ, the vulgate of Stuttgart, the Clementine vulgate and Theophylact. No need of spelling adjustment.

[8] NA-Text and Vg-St read “ελμαδαμ” (Latin equivalent: “Helmadan”). This reading is supported by codices א, B, L, N, (070), minuscules 33 and 1424, the old Latin codices and Theophylact. The TR is supported by codices A, (Γ), Θ, Ψ, 0102, family of manuscripts ƒ¹, (family of manuscripts ƒ¹³), the Byzantine manuscripts, the old Latin codices it^aur, it^f and it^q and the Harklean Syriac version. The Greek spelling and the translation have been adjusted following the NA-Text.

[9] NA-Text and Vg-St read “ιησου” (Latin equivalent: “Iesu”). This reading is supported by codices א, B, Θ and Theophylact (ιησω). The Greek text and the translation have been adjusted following the NA-Text.

[10] NA-Text and Vg-St read “ιωριμ” (Latin equivalent: “Iorim”). This reading is supported by codex א. The TR is supported by codices B, Θ and Theophylact (ιωρημ). The TR spelling stands as the correct reading.

[11] NA-Text reads “μαθθατ”.

[12] NA-Text, WPF³⁵, PT and M-Text read “συμεων”. The Greek text has been corrected following the NA-Text and the M-Text. See footnote on Luke 2:25.

[13] NA-Text and WPF³⁵ read “ιωναμ”, which is supported by codices א, B and Theophylact. The TR is supported by codex Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The Greek text and the translation have been adjusted following the NA-Text.  

[14] NA-Text and Vg-St read “ελιακιμ” (Latin equivalent: “Eliachim”), which is supported by the vulgate. The TR is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ and Theophylact. The TR stands as the correct reading. 

[15] NA-Text and Vg-St read “μεννα” (Latin equivalent: “Menna”), which is supported by codices א and B. M-Text, PT and WPF³⁵ read “μαιναν”, which is supported by codex Θ and Theophylact. Erasmus first and fifth editions of the TR read “μεναμ”. Then Stephanus corrected this reading to “μαιναν”, which was maintained by Beza. Scrivener reverted to the reading found in Erasmus. “μαιναν” has a better support and has been preferred in the Greek text.

[16] NA-Text reads “ναθαμ”.

[17] NA-Text reads “ιωβηδ”.

[18] NA-Text reads “βοος”, which has a good support from the majuscules, but has not been preserved in any of the Byzantine compilations (M-Text, WPF³⁵ and PT), nor in the Latin compilations (Clementine vulgate or vulgate of Stuttgart). Also, both the Latin and the Greek columns in the Complutensian Polyglot read like the TR. So, the Latin and the Greek churches do not appear to have received “βοος” as the correct reading here.

[19] NA-Text reads “σαλα”. The collective witness of the majuscules of all text-types, the minuscules and the versions are overwhelmingly against this reading.

[20] NA-Text adds “του αδμιν” (the son of Admin).

[21] NA-Text reads “αρνι” (Arni).

[22] NA-Text, M-Text, WPF³⁵, PT and Vg-St read “σερουχ” (Latin equivalent: “Seruch”), which is supported by codices א, B, D (σερουκ), Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The TR is supported by Theophylact. The Greek text has been adjusted following the NA-text and the M-Text.

[23] M-Text reads “φαλεγ”, which is supported by codices A, K, Γ, 0102, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, minuscules 565, 700 and the Byzantine manuscripts. The TR is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ and Theophylact (φαλεχ). No need of correction.

[24] NA-Text reads “καιναμ” (also in verse 37).

[25] NA-Text reads “ιαρετ”.

  

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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. PT: 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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