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Acts 13

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acts.13.ac13Forgiveness

ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν / μετάνοια καὶ ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν

TEXThigh confidence

What is proclaimed through Jesus?

The shorter text proclaims forgiveness of sins; a Western stream explicitly adds repentance.

Why this default

The default follows the concise and broadly attested proclamation of forgiveness; the Western tradition expands it to repentance and forgiveness.

Evidence

ExternalThe short reading is supported by the broad Greek tradition and Westcott–Hort; the repentance expansion by D, some Latin witnesses, Syriac and Coptic.

InternalRepentance is theologically natural beside forgiveness and is easily supplied from familiar preaching formulas, favoring the shorter text.

Project defaultforgiveness of sins

Project default

Witnessesἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν · broad Greek tradition, WH
Alternativerepentance together with forgiveness of sins

Expanded textual alternative

Witnessesμετάνοια καὶ ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν · D, Latin, Syriac, Coptic
Alternativerelease from sins

Contextual rendering of the short reading

Witnessesἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν · contextual rendering

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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