Luke 5:1-11 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Luke

Chapter 5

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1. εγενετο δε εν τω τον οχλον επικεισθαι αυτω του[1] ακουειν τον λογον του θεου και αυτος ην εστως παρα την λιμνην γεννησαρετ And it happened that while the multitude pressed on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

2. και ειδεν δυο πλοια εστωτα παρα την λιμνην οι δε αλιεις αποβαντες απ αυτων επλυνον[2] τα δικτυα And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing the nets.

3. εμβας δε εις εν των πλοιων ο ην του[3] σιμωνος ηρωτησεν αυτον απο της γης επαναγαγειν ολιγον και[4] καθισας εδιδασκεν εκ του πλοιου τους οχλους And getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

4. ως δε επαυσατο λαλων ειπεν προς τον σιμωνα επαναγαγε εις το βαθος και χαλασατε τα δικτυα υμων εις αγραν And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

5. και αποκριθεις ο[5] σιμων ειπεν αυτω[6] επιστατα δι ολης της[7] νυκτος κοπιασαντες ουδεν ελαβομεν επι δε τω ρηματι σου χαλασω το δικτυον[8] And answering, Simon said to him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”

6. και τουτο ποιησαντες συνεκλεισαν πληθος ιχθυων πολυ διερρηγνυτο[9] δε το δικτυον αυτων And when they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

7. και κατενευσαν τοις μετοχοις τοις[10] εν τω ετερω πλοιω του ελθοντας συλλαβεσθαι αυτοις και ηλθον και επλησαν αμφοτερα τα πλοια ωστε βυθιζεσθαι αυτα So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

8. ιδων δε σιμων πετρος προσεπεσεν τοις γονασιν του[11] ιησου λεγων εξελθε απ εμου οτι ανηρ αμαρτωλος ειμι κυριε But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

9. θαμβος γαρ περιεσχεν αυτον και παντας τους συν αυτω επι τη αγρα των ιχθυων η[12] συνελαβον For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken;

10. ομοιως δε και ιακωβον και ιωαννην υιους ζεβεδαιου οι ησαν κοινωνοι τω σιμωνι και ειπεν προς τον σιμωνα ο ιησους μη φοβου απο του νυν ανθρωπους εση ζωγρων and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching men.”

11. και καταγαγοντες τα πλοια επι την γην αφεντες απαντα[13] ηκολουθησαν αυτω And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

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[1] NA-Text reads “και” (and).

[2] NA-Text and Vg-St read “επλυνον” (imperfect instead of aorist, Latin equivalent: “lavabant”). The imperfect is supported by papyrus 75, codices א, B, C*, D, L, Q, W, (579), 892, 1241 and the Diatessaron. The aorist is supported by codices A, C, Θ, Ψ, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, minuscule 33, the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The support for the imperfect tense is slightly better and has been preferred in the Greek text.

[3] NA-Text omits “του”.

[4] NA-Text replaces “και” by “δε” placing it after the verb. Same meaning.

[5] NA-Text omits “ο”.

[6] NA-Text omits “αυτω” (to him).

[7] NA-Text omits “της”. This omission was possibly caused by visual homoeuteleuton (ολης της, thus missing “της”).

[8] NA-Text reads “τα δικτυα” (plural instead of singular) and renders “the nets” (also in verse 6).

[9] NA-Text reads “διερρησσετο”. Same verbal tense spelled differently.

[10] NA-Text omits “τοις”. This omission was possibly caused by visual homoeuteleuton (μετοχοις τοις, thus missing “τοις”).

[11] NA-Text, PT, WPF³⁵ and M-Text omit “του”. This omission is supported by codices א, B and the Byzantine manuscripts. The inclusion of the definite article is supported by codices A, C, L, Θ, Ψ, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, minuscules 33, 579, 1241, 1424 and Theophylact. The TR is very well supported and stands in no need of correction.

[12] NA-Text reads “ων” (genitive plural masculine instead of dative singular feminine).

[13] NA-Text reads “παντα”, which can mean the same thing, but the support for the Byzantine reading is more widespread and therefore has been maintained in the text without any change.

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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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