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Acts 12
acts.12.ac12RescuerTitle
ὁ κύριος / ὁ θεὸς / κύριος ὁ θεός
Whom does Peter identify as sending the angel?
The principal readings name the Lord or God; a smaller stream combines both titles.
Why this default
The default follows the Lord reading supported by early and diverse witnesses; God and the combined Lord God are genuine but more narrowly attested alternatives.
Evidence
External‘The Lord’ is supported by א, A, B, D, E, Ψ, 614 and the Byzantine tradition; ‘God’ by 36, 323, 453, 945, 1739 and Old Latin; ‘the Lord God’ by 1241.
InternalBoth Lord and God are natural titles in Luke–Acts. The combined form most readily reflects conflation of the two simpler readings.
Project default
Witnessesὁ κύριος / κύριος · א, A, B, D, E, Ψ, Byzantine traditionTextual alternative
Witnessesὁ θεός · 36, 323, 453, 945, 1739, Old LatinExpanded textual alternative
Witnessesκύριος ὁ θεός · 1241Record integrity
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