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Acts 12
acts.12.ac12WordSource
ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ / κυρίου
Is the advancing word identified with God or the Lord?
The broad tradition reads ‘the word of God’; Codex Vaticanus and a small versional stream read ‘the word of the Lord.’
Why this default
The default follows the overwhelmingly attested ‘word of God’; ‘word of the Lord’ survives in Vaticanus and a small versional stream and remains visible as a genuine alternative.
Evidence
External‘God’ is supported by P74, א, A, D, E, Ψ, the Byzantine tradition, Old Latin, Syriac and Coptic; ‘Lord’ by B, the Vulgate and some Bohairic Coptic manuscripts.
InternalBoth formulas are common in Acts, so internal evidence is balanced; the breadth and diversity of support strongly favor ‘God.’
Project default
Witnessesθεοῦ · P74, א, A, D, E, Ψ, Byzantine traditionTextual alternative
Witnessesκυρίου · B, Vulgate, some Bohairic CopticContextual rendering of the default reading
Witnessesθεοῦ · contextual renderingRecord integrity
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