Luke 3:33

Luke 3:33 tou/ VAminada.b tou/ VAdmi.n tou/ VArni, {C}

Faced with a bewildering variety of readings, the Committee adopted what seems to be the least unsatisfactory form of text, a reading that was current in the Alexandrian church at an early period. ⁶

⁶ Although the reading tou/ VAminada.b tou/ VAra,m is supported by an impressive range of witnesses (A D 33 565 1079 many versions), with a reading that involves three names (such as that adopted by the Committee) Luke’s entire genealogy of Jesus falls into an artistically planned pattern, even more elaborate than Matthew’s (cf. Matthew 1:17); thus, from Adam to Abraham, 3 x 7 generations; from Isaac to David, 2 x 7 generations; from Nathan to Salathiel (pre-exilic), 3 x 7 generations; from Zerubbabel (post-exilic) to Jesus, 3 x 7 generations, making a total of 11 x 7, or 77 generations from Adam to Jesus.