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Luke 4:17

Luke 4:17 avnaptu,xaj {B}

Since the synagogal copies of Old Testament books were in scroll form, the use of the verb “to unroll” is highly appropriate. Although copyists may have introduced avnaptu,xaj as a pedantic correlative to ptu,xaj in ver. Luke 4:20, it is more probable that, being accustomed to books in codex (or leaf) form, they introduced the frequently used verb avnoi,gein, “to open,” as an explanatory substitution for avnaptu,ssein (which occurs only here in the New Testament).

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