LUKE 2:9 kai, (1) {B} On the one hand, the reading kai. ivdou, is in harmony with the solemn style of Luke in chaps. Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1 (where ivdou, occurs ten times). On the other hand, however, it is difficult to imagine why, if ivdou, were present originally, copyists would have omitted it.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 2:11 Cristo.j ku,rioj {A} The combination Cristo.j ku,rioj, which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, 3 seems to have been quite deliberately used by Luke instead of the much more frequent Cristo.j kuri,ou. It was to be expected that copyists, struck by the unusual collocation, should h... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 2:14 evn avnqrw,poij euvdoki,aj {A} The difference between the AV, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men,” and the RSV, > “Glory to God in the highest, > and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!” is not merely a matter of exegesis of the meaning... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 2:33 o` path.r auvtou/ kai. h` mh,thr {B} In order to safeguard the doctrine of the virgin birth of Jesus, o` path,r was replaced by VIwsh,f in a variety of witnesses, some of them ancient (Old Latin, Gothic, and the Diatessaron). Other witnesses added auvtou/ after mh,thr, either for stylist... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 2:38 VIerousalh,m {A} The reading VIerousalh,m best explains the rise of the other readings: the insertion of evn relieves the grammatical ambiguity, and the substitution of VIsrah,l enhances the theological implications of the passage.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 2:41 oi` gonei/j auvtou/ In the interest of safeguarding the doctrine of the virgin birth a few copyists and translators replaced oi` gonei/j auvtou/ with the proper names o[ te VIwsh.f kai. h` Maria,m (1012 ita, b, 1 [itc, ff2 add _mater eius_] Diatessaron1, t). (See also the comments on ver... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 2:43 oi` gonei/j As in verses Luke 2:33 and Luke 2:41, in order to safeguard the doctrine of the virgin birth copyists replaced oi` gonei/j (a B D L Q 1 13 33 157 1241 _al_) with VIwsh.f kai. h` mhth,r (A C X G D L P Y 28 543 565 892 1071 1424).... [ Continue Reading ]