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Acts 13

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acts.13.ac13SalamisWord

τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ / κυρίου

TEXThigh confidence

Whose word did they proclaim in Salamis?

The broad Greek tradition reads ‘the word of God’; the Western stream reads ‘the word of the Lord.’

Why this default

The default follows the broadly attested ‘word of God’; ‘word of the Lord’ is a genuine Western alternative.

Evidence

External‘God’ is supported by the Byzantine tradition, Textus Receptus and Westcott–Hort; ‘Lord’ by D, Old Latin, Syriac, Coptic and Lucifer.

InternalBoth formulas are characteristic of Acts, leaving external evidence decisive; the broad Greek support favors ‘God.’

Project defaultthe word of God

Project default

Witnessesθεοῦ · broad Greek tradition, TR, WH
Alternativethe word of the Lord

Textual alternative

Witnessesκυρίου · D, Old Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Lucifer
AlternativeGod’s word

Contextual rendering of the default reading

Witnessesθεοῦ · 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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