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Acts 1

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acts.1.ac1PrayerText

τῇ προσευχῇ / τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ δεήσει

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Does verse 14 add supplication to prayer?

The SBLGNT text has the shorter 'prayer.' The Byzantine tradition expands it with 'and supplication,' a natural liturgical pairing.

Why this default

“In prayer” is default because the shorter critical text best explains the familiar devotional expansion “and supplication.”

Evidence

Externalτῇ προσευχῇ: WH, Tregelles, NA28/SBLGNT; καὶ τῇ δεήσει added in RP.

InternalExpansion is more likely than accidental loss of the coordinated phrase.

Project defaultin prayer

Project default · shorter text

Witnessesτῇ προσευχῇ — critical text
Alternativein prayer and supplication

Byzantine expansion

Witnessesτῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ δεήσει — RP
Alternativein prayer [and supplication]

Expansion visibly bracketed

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