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1 Thessalonians 2

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1 thessalonians.2.th2OwnProphets

τοὺς προφήτας / τοὺς ἰδίους προφήτας

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Does the accusation specify ‘their own prophets’?

The possessive intensifies the intra-Israel accusation by stressing rejection of prophets belonging to the people themselves; it does not identify a different prophetic group.

Why this default

The shorter ‘the prophets’ follows SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, and NA28; ‘their own’ is preserved as a genuine clarifying expansion.

Evidence

ExternalSBLGNT apparatus: τοὺς προφήτας — WH, Treg, NA28; τοὺς ἰδίους προφήτας — RP.

Internal‘Their own’ naturally clarifies the relationship and intensifies the accusation.

Project defaultthe prophets

Project default · shorter SBLGNT reading

Witnessesτοὺς προφήτας · SBLGNT; WH, Treg, NA28
Alternativetheir own prophets

Expanded Byzantine reading

Witnessesτοὺς ἰδίους προφήτας · RP
Alternativetheir very own prophets

Expanded reading · emphasis foregrounded

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