Luke 6:27-36 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Luke

Chapter 6

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27. αλλα[1] υμιν λεγω τοις ακουουσιν αγαπατε τους εχθρους υμων καλως ποιειτε τοις μισουσιν υμας “But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

28. ευλογειτε τους καταρωμενους υμας[2] προσευχεσθε υπερ των επηρεαζοντων υμας bless those who curse you, [3] pray for those who mistreat you.

29. τω τυπτοντι σε επι την σιαγονα παρεχε και την αλλην και απο του αιροντος σου το ιματιον και τον χιτωνα μη κωλυσης And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your garment, do not withhold your tunic also.

30. παντι δε τω[4] αιτουντι σε διδου και απο του αιροντος τα σα μη απαιτει Give to everyone who asks of you, and from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.

31. και καθως θελετε ινα ποιωσιν υμιν οι ανθρωποι και υμεις[5] ποιειτε αυτοις ομοιως “As you desire that men should do to you, you also do to them likewise.

32. και ει αγαπατε τους αγαπωντας υμας ποια υμιν χαρις εστιν και γαρ οι αμαρτωλοι τους αγαπωντας αυτους αγαπωσιν “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

33. και [6] εαν αγαθοποιητε τους αγαθοποιουντας υμας ποια υμιν χαρις εστιν και γαρ οι αμαρτωλοι το αυτο ποιουσιν And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

34. και εαν δανειζητε[7] παρ ων ελπιζητε απολαβειν[8] ποια υμιν χαρις εστιν[9] και γαρ [10] αμαρτωλοι αμαρτωλοις δανειζουσιν[11] ινα απολαβωσιν τα ισα And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? For[12] even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

35. πλην αγαπατε τους εχθρους υμων και αγαθοποιειτε και δανειζετε[13] μηδεν απελπιζοντες και εσται ο μισθος υμων πολυς και εσεσθε υιοι [14] υψιστου οτι αυτος χρηστος εστιν επι τους αχαριστους και πονηρους But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the unthankful and evil.

36. γινεσθε ουν οικτιρμονες καθως και ο πατηρ υμων οικτιρμων εστιν “Therefore[15] be merciful, even as your Father is also[16] merciful.

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[1] NA-Text, P-Text and WPF³⁵ read “αλλα”, which is supported by codices א, D, B, Θ, part of the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The TR is supported by part of the Byzantine manuscripts. The spelling in the Greek text has been adjusted following the NA-Text.

[2] NA-Text and WPF³⁵ read “υμας” (accusative instead of dative), which is supported by codices א, B, D, part of the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The dative is supported by codex Θ and part of the Byzantine manuscripts. The Greek text has been adjusted, following the NA-Text.

[3] NA-Text, P-Text, WPF³⁵ and M-text omit “and” (και), which is supported by codices א, D, B, Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The inclusion is supported by Theophylact. This conjunction has been removed from the Greek text, following the NA-text and the M-Text.

[4] NA-Text omits “δε τω”

[5] NA-Text omits “και υμεις” (you also). The collective witness of majuscules of all text-types, including codex Sinaiticus, the minuscules and the versions is overwhelmingly against this omission.

[6] NA-Text moves “γαρ” to the second sentence, which is a scribal adjustment to the text at a local level.

[7] NA-Text reads “δανισητε” (aorist instead of present).

[8] NA-Text reads “λαβειν”. Those two verbs can be used interchangeably.

[9] NA-Text brackets “εστιν”. The inclusion is supported by all text-types, including codex Sinaiticus.

[10] NA-Text, WPF³⁵, P-Text and M-Text omit the definite article “οι”, which is supported by codices א, B, D, Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The inclusion is supported by Theophylact. The article has been dropped in the Greek text.

[11] NA-Text reads “δανιζουσιν”. Same verbal tense, different spelling.

[12] NA-Text omits “For”.

[13] NA-Text reads “δανιζετε”. Same verbal tense, different spelling.

[14] NA-Text, P-Text, WPF³⁵ and M-Text omit “του”, which is supported by codices א, B, D and the Byzantine manuscripts. The inclusion is supported by codex Θ and Theophylact. The article has been removed from the Greek text.

[15] NA-Text omits “Therefore”, which is possibly due to a scribal error caused by visual homoeoarcton (ουν οικτιρμονες, thus missing “Therefore”).

[16] NA-Text brackets “also”, which is likely a scribal error caused by visual homoeoarcton in Alexandrian majuscules (καθως και, thus missing “also”). The other text types, the Latin scriptures, the Diatessaron reflecting a text from the 100’s, Cyprian’s text (Epistle 51:16) in the 200’s and Basil’s in the 300’s, which are not influenced by this error found in the Alexandrian text, all contain the conjunction. This is a typical Lukan construction not used by any other evangelist.

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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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