Luke 19:1-10 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Luke

Chapter 19

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1. και εισελθων διηρχετο την ιεριχω Then he entered and was passing through Jericho.

2. και ιδου ανηρ ονοματι καλουμενος ζακχαιος και αυτος[1] ην αρχιτελωνης και ουτος ην πλουσιος And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

3. και εζητει ιδειν τον ιησουν τις εστιν και ουκ ηδυνατο απο του οχλου οτι τη ηλικια μικρος ην And he was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

4. και προδραμων [2] εμπροσθεν ανεβη επι συκομορεαν[3] ινα ιδη αυτον οτι [4] εκεινης ημελλεν[5] διερχεσθαι And running on ahead, he climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.

5. και ως ηλθεν επι τον τοπον αναβλεψας ο ιησους ειδεν αυτον και ειπεν προς αυτον ζακχαιε σπευσας καταβηθι σημερον γαρ εν τω οικω σου δει με μειναι And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and[6] said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

6. και σπευσας κατεβη και υπεδεξατο αυτον χαιρων And hurrying, he came down, and received him joyfully.

7. και ιδοντες παντες[7] διεγογγυζον λεγοντες οτι παρα αμαρτωλω ανδρι εισηλθεν καταλυσαι And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.”

8. σταθεις δε ζακχαιος ειπεν προς τον κυριον ιδου τα ημιση[8] των υπαρχοντων μου κυριε διδωμι τοις πτωχοις και ει τινος τι εσυκοφαντησα αποδιδωμι τετραπλουν But standing, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

9. ειπεν δε προς αυτον ο ιησους οτι σημερον σωτηρια τω οικω τουτω εγενετο καθοτι και αυτος υιος αβρααμ εστιν And Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

10. ηλθεν γαρ ο υιος του ανθρωπου ζητησαι και σωσαι το απολωλος For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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[1] NA-Text and Vg-St read “αυτος” and omit “ην” (Latin equivalent: “ipse”), which is supported by codices B, K, T, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, minuscules 579, 2542 and the old Latin codices. Codices א, L, minuscules 892, 1241 read “και ην πλουσιος”. The TR is supported by codices A, (W), minuscules 565, 700, 1424, the Byzantine manuscripts, the old Latin codex it^f and Theophylact. The Alexandrian form of this text is well supported and the meaning is the same.

[2] NA-Text adds “εις το”.

[3] NA-Text and P-Text read “συκομορεαν”, which is supported by codices א, B, D (συκομωρεαν), Θ (συκομωρεαν) and Theophylact. The TR is supported by part of the Byzantine manuscripts. The spelling found in the NA-Text has been adopted in the Greek text.

[4] NA-Text, P-Text, WPF³⁵ and M-text omit “δι”. This omission is supported by codices א, A, B, D and part of the Byzantine manuscripts. The inclusion is supported by codex Θ, part of the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The omission has been adopted in the Greek text.

[5] M-Text reads “εμελλεν”, which is supported by the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The TR is supported by codices א, A, B, D and Θ. The TR is very well supported and stands in no need of correction.

[6] NA-Text omits “saw him, and”, which is possibly due to a scribal error caused by parablepsis (ειδεν αυτον και ειπεν, thus missing “saw him and”).

[7] NA-Text, P-Text, WPF³⁵ and M-Text read “παντες”, which is based on a broader array of evidence and has been adopted in the Greek text.

[8] NA-Text reads “ημισια”. Same word, different spelling.

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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. M-Text^RP - Majority Text compiled by Maurice Robinson & William Pierpont;

6. M-Text^HF - Majority Text compiled by Zane Hodges & Arthur Farstad; 

7. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

8. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

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

10. 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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