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…for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. – Psalms 138:2
Luke 9:55-56
The rebuke of Jesus towards the disciples has been omitted in a few Egyptian manuscripts while it is in the Majority text manuscripts.
“and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
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
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The rebuke of Jesus towards the disciples has been omitted in a few Egyptian manuscripts while it is in the Majority text manuscripts.
“and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
are found in the Majority of all Greek texts including D (verse 55) F, K, M, U, Gamma, Theta, Lambda, Pi as well as the Diatessaron 160-175 A.D., the Old Latin copies a, aur, b, c, e, f, q, r1, the Latin Vulgate of 382 A.D. the Syriac Peshitta which, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, was -“the accepted Bible of Syrian Christian churches from the end of the 3rd century ad.”, the Syriac Curetonian, Harkelian, Gothic 340 A.D., Armenian and Ethiopian ancient translations.
It’s also quoted by Marcion, Ambrose, Epiphanius, Ambrosiaster, and Antiochus.
The Greek manuscripts that omit all these words are Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, A, C, and a few uncials.
All Reformation Bibles: Wycliffe Bible Tyndale Coverdale Matthew’s Bible The Great Bible Bishops’ Bible Geneva Bible Douay Rheims Beza N.T. Wesley’s translation And many others
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