page_title: Textual variants in the Gospel of Luke
section_title: Notable textual variants
hierarchical_section_title: Textual variants in the Gospel of Luke / Notable textual variants
caption_attribution_description: English: fragment with text of Gospel of Luke 5:26 in a facsimile edition
context_page_description: Textual variants in the Gospel of Luke are the subject of the study called textual criticism of the New Testament. Textual variants in manuscripts arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text that is being reproduced.
  An abbreviated list of textual variants in this particular book is given in this article below.
  Most of the variations are not significant and some common alterations include the deletion, rearrangement, repetition, or replacement of one or more words when the copyist's eye returns to a similar word in the wrong location of the original text. If their eye skips to an earlier word, they may create a repetition. If their eye skips to a later word, they may create an omission. They may resort to performing a rearranging of words to retain the overall meaning without compromising the context. In other instances, the copyist may add text from memory from a similar or parallel text in another location. Otherwise, they may also replace some text of the original with an alternative reading. Spellings occasionally change. Synonyms may be substituted. A pronoun may be changed into a proper noun.
context_section_description: Luke 2:7
  φατνη (manger) – א A B D L W Θ Ξ 700
  τη φατνη (the manger) – Ψ 053 f¹ f¹³ Byz
  τω σπηλαιω φατνη (the cave's manger) – Origen (via Epiphanius)
  Luke 2:9
  εφοβηθησαν σφοδρα (they feared exceedingly) – Β
  εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν (they feared with great fear) – א A D L Ψ 053 f¹ f¹³ Byz
  εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν σφοδρα (they feared with exceedingly great fear) – W copˢᵃ
  Luke 2:21
  ἐπλήσθησαν(fulfilled) – א Β A L Ψ 053 f¹ f¹³ Byz
  επληρωθησαν (finished) – Θ 33
  συνετελέσθησαν (completed) – D copˢᵃ
  Luke 2:21
  αυτον και εκληθη (and he was called) – א Β A L Ψ 053 f¹ Βyz
  αυτον εκληθη (he was called) – Θ f¹³ 565
  το παιδιον ωνομασθη (the child was called) – D
  Luke 2:22
  αὐτῶν – א, A, B, K, L, W, Δ, Θ, Ξ, Π, Ψ, 053 etc.
  αυτου – D, 2174, syrˢ, copˢᵃ
  αὐτῆς – 76
  omit – 435, copᵇᵒ
  Luke 2:38
  καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ (and at that hour) – א, A, B, D, L, W, Δ, Ξ, Ψ, 0130, 28, 33
  καὶ αὕτη αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ (and at that hour she) – Θ, 053, f¹, f¹³, Byz
  Luke 3:8
  καὶ μὴ ἄρξησθε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς (And do not begin to say to yourselves) – א, A, C, B [w], D, W, Δ, Ξ,
  θ, K, M, N, U, Δ, Λ, Π, 33, 157, 579, 28, 565, 700, 1071, 1424, u[w]t
  καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς (And do not think to say to yourselves) – L, Ψ
  καὶ μὴ δόξησθε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς (And do not think to yourself to say to yourselves) – Γ
  Luke 4:17
  ἀνοίξας (opened) – B, A, L, W, Ξ, 33, 892, 1195, 1241, ℓ 547, syrˢ, h, pal, copsa, bo
  ἀναπτύξας (unrolled) – א, Dᶜ, K, Δ, Θ, Π, Ψ, f¹, f¹³, 28, 565, 700, 1009, 1010, 1071, 1079, 1216, 1230, 1242, 1253, 1344, 1546, 1646, 2148, 2174, Byz
  ἁπτύξας (touched) – D*
  Luke 5:26
  και εκστασις ελαβεν απαντας και εδοξαζον τον θεον (And ecstasy took hold of them all, and they were glorifying God) – omitted by D M S W X Ψ Ω* 13 69 118 124 157 174 205 209 579 788 1241 itd,e
  Luke 5:39
  verse omitted by D itᵐˢˢ
  Luke 6:4
  Codex Bezae contains the following addition immediately after Luke 6:4.
  Τη αυτη ημερα θεασαμενος τινα εργαζομενον τω σαββατω ειπεν αυτω ανθρωπε, ει μεν οιδας τι ποιεις, μακαριος ει ει δε μη οιδας, επικαταρατος και παραβατης ει του νομου. – D
  Eodem die videns quendam operantem sabbato et dixit illi: Homo, siquidem scis, quod facis, beatus es, si autem nescis, maledictus et trabaricator legis. – d
  On that same day, seeing someone working on the Sabbath, he (Jesus) said to him, "Man, if you know what you do, blessed are you; but if you do not know, you are cursed and a transgressor of the law."
  Luke 7:7
  διο ουδε εμαυτον ηξιωσα προς σε ελθειν (For this reason I did not deem myself worthy to come to you) – omitted by D 700* itᵐˢˢ syrˢ
  Luke 7:13
  ο Ιησους (Jesus) – D W f¹ 700 1241 itᶠ vgᵐˢˢ syrs,p coᵇᵒ
  ο κυριος (the lord) – rell
  Luke 8:26
  Γερασηνων (Gerasenes) – ⁷⁵ B D 0267 latt cosa,boᵐˢ
  Γεργεσηνων (Gergesenes) – א L X Θ Ξ f¹ 22 33 157 579 700* 1241 1342 syrᵖᵃˡ coᵇᵒ arm geo Eusebius Epiphanius
  Γαδαρηνων (Gadarenes) – A R W Δ Ψ 0135 f¹³ 700ᶜ 1071 Byz syr goth
  Luke 8:43
  ιατροις προσαναλωσασα ολον τομ βιον (and had spent all her living upon physicians) – omitted by ⁷⁵ B (D) 0279 syrs,pal coˢᵃ arm geo Origen
  Luke 9:35
  ἐκλελεγμένος (Elect One) – ⁴⁵ ⁷⁵ א B L Ξ 892 1241 a aur ff² l vgst syrˢ
  εκλεκτος (elected) – Θ f¹ 1365
  αγαπητος (beloved) – A C K P W X Δ Π f¹³ 28 33 565 700 Byz Marcion
  αγαπητος εν ο ευδοκησα (beloved one in whom I am well-pleased) – C³ D Ψ ℓ 19 ℓ 31 ℓ 47 ℓ 48 ℓ 49 ℓ 49ᵐ ℓ 183 ℓ 183ᵐ ℓ 211ᵐ
  Luke 9:55-56
  στραφεις δε επετιμησεν αυτοις (but He turned and rebuked them) – ⁴⁵ ⁷⁵ א B C L W X Δ Ξ Ψ 28 33 565 892 1009 1010 1071 Byzᵖᵗ Lect
  στραφεις δε επετιμησεν αυτοις και ειπεν, Ουκ οιδατε ποιου πνευματος εστε (but He turned and rebuked them and He said: "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of) – D (ℓ 1127ᵐ) d geo
  στραφεις δε επετιμησεν αυτοις καὶ εἶπεν, Οὑκ οἴδατε οἵου πνεύματος ἑστε ὐμεῖς; ὀ γὰρ υἰὸς τοῦ ἁνθρώπου οὑκ ἦλθεν ψυχὰς ἁνθρώπων ἁπολέσαι ἁλλὰ σῶσαι (but He turned and rebuked them and He said: "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them) – K Π 1079 1242 1546 (f¹ omit γαρ) (Θ f¹³ omit υμεις and γαρ)
  Luke 10:41-42
  instead μεριμνας και θορυβαζη περι πολλα, ολιγων (ενος) δε εστι
caption: Luke 5:26 in Codex Nitriensis (Scrivener's facsimile)
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