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SBL Greek New Testament

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Acts 10

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acts.10.ac10Creatures

πάντα τὰ τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ ... / ... τὰ θηρία ...

TEXThigh confidence

Does the list explicitly include wild animals?

The earlier text lists four-footed animals, crawling creatures, and birds; the later tradition adds wild animals as a separate category.

Why this default

The default follows the shorter, strongly attested list; the explicit wild-animal category is best explained as a later expansion making the catalogue more exhaustive.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter list is supported by P74, א, A, B, C and E; the expanded list with wild animals is widespread in the later Byzantine tradition.

InternalA scribe could readily expand the visionary catalogue with a familiar additional animal class; omission of only that class is less readily explained.

Project defaultall kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of heaven

Project default

WitnessesShorter animal list · P74, א, A, B, C, E
Alternativeall the earth’s four-footed animals, wild animals, crawling creatures, and birds of heaven

Later textual alternative

WitnessesExpanded list including τὰ θηρία · later Byzantine tradition
Alternativeevery kind of land animal and crawling creature, together with the birds of heaven

Responsible treatment of the earlier reading

WitnessesShorter animal list · P74, א, A, B, C, E

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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