Luke 10:22

Luke 10:22 pa,nta {A}

The reading kai. strafei.j pro.j tou.j maqhta.j ei=pen (A C K W X D Q Y 28 565 it^{ff2, i, l} syr^{p, h} goth al) is doubtless secondary, derived from ver. Luke 10:23 and introduced by copyists in order to smooth the abrupt transition from Jesus’ prayer (ver. Luke 10:21) to his statement to the disciples (ver. Luke 10:22). Not only is such a mechanical repetition foreign to Luke’s style, but one does not turn to the same persons twice (the presence of katV ivdi,an in ver. Luke 10:23 makes no significant difference to the meaning of strafei,j, for the prepositional phrase is probably to be taken with ei=pen).