Father Forgive Them Textual Variant
Another interesting textual variant is luke 23 34 father forgive them.
Father forgive them textual variant. Luke 23 34 is one of the most famous sayings of the bible because it is one of the seven last words of christ from the cross. Received text is the name subsequently given to the succession of printed greek texts of the new testament which was first collated by desiderius erasmus in the 16th century. Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. Kurschner march 16 2013 march 22 2013 textual issues since good friday is approaching it is inevitable that many pastors are preparing to preach on the saying of jesus on the cross.
The first sentence is marked as a later addition john 1 18. There seems to be enough going on in the p75 b 03 group to throw some doubt over their testimony in the big variants in the passion narratives. It constituted the translation base for. Kurschner april 11 2017 christian worldview godly disciplines king james onlyism textual issues theology matters uncategorized.
Then jesus said father forgive them for they do not know what they do and they divided his garments and cast lots. There was a discussion recently on a highly significant textual variant in luke 23 34 the only place in the new testament where jesus prays father forgive them they don t know what they re doing the verse is not found in the other gospels and interestingly it is also not found in some of the important manuscripts. No one has seen god at any time. Here jesus models for us what he in fact commands all of his disciples to do.
The dubious textual variant father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing alan e. For they do not know what they are doing. Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing alan e. And they divided his garments and cast lots.
For these reasons the tyndale house edition presents the text father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing as part of the original text of luke. This is a beloved text of scripture and for good reason. The textus receptus latin. There seems to be enough going on in the p75 b 03 group to throw some doubt over their testimony in the big variants in the passion narratives.
I recently received an important question about a highly significant textual variant in luke 23 34 the one and only place in the nt where jesus prays for those responsible for his death father forgive them they don t know what they re doing the verse is not found in the other gospels.