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…for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. – Psalms 138:2
Luke 4:4
The reading of “but by every word of God” in Luke 4:4 is found in the Majority of all remaining manuscripts.
Without those words in the verse, the whole verse doesn’t even make sense.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes, God mentions His Word in many places. This is one of them.
General
Yes. Yes it does.
Additional Documentation
The reading of “but by every word of God” in Luke 4:4 is found in the Majority of all remaining manuscripts, including the uncial copies of A, D, E, F, G, H, K, M, S, U, V, Y, Gamma, Delta, Theta, Lambda, Pi, Psi, Omega as well as the Old Latin a, our, b, c, d, e, f, ff2, l, q, r1 and the Latin Vulgate.
It is also found in:
Syriac Peshitta Harclean,
some Coptic copies Gothic Armenian Ethiopic ancient versions.
These words are omitted in the Alexandria, Egypt manuscripts Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and a couple more.
Wycliffe’s Bible 1395 Tyndale’s Bible 1524 Coverdale’s Bible 1535 Matthew’s Bible 1549 The Great Bible 1540 Geneva Bible 1587 Bishops’ Bible 1568 Douay-Rheims 1582 the Beza N.T. 1599
Foreign Language Bibles:
Luther’s German Bible 1545 German Schlachter Bible Spanish Sagradas Escrituras 1569 Cipriano de Valera 1602 Reina Valera 1960-1995 Portuguese Almeida Italian Diodati 1649 French Martin Bible 1744 French Ostervald French Louis Segond Hungarian Karoli Bible Polish Gdansk Bible Russian Synodal Bible Romanian Cornilescu Bible Romanian Fidela Bible Modern Greek Bible. Modern Hebrew
Thanks to Will Kinney for his research.