LUKE 15:1 pa,ntej {A} The absence of pa,ntej (a word that Luke is fond of using; see the comment on 7.35) from several witnesses (W itaur, b, c, l, q syrs, c, p copsamss), if not an accident, may be the decision of scribes who were unhappy with the hyperbole.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 15:16 cortasqh/nai evk {B} On the basis of age and diversity of text-type of witnesses, the Committee preferred the reading cortasqh/nai evk.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE 15:21 ui`o,j sou {A} While recognizing that several good manuscripts (a B D 700 _al_) combine to support the reading poi,hso,n me w`j e[na tw/n misqi,wn sou, the Committee thought it far more probable that the words were added (from ver. Luke 15:19) by punctilious scribes than omitted, either... [ Continue Reading ]