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Acts 13

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acts.13.ac13SaviorJesus

σωτῆρα Ἰησοῦν / σωτηρίαν

TEXTmoderate confidence

What did God bring from David’s seed?

The witnesses divide between God bringing ‘a savior, Jesus’ and bringing ‘salvation’ to Israel.

Why this default

The default follows the early and diverse reading ‘a savior, Jesus’; ‘salvation’ is a well-attested alternative that removes the personal name from the clause.

Evidence

External‘A savior, Jesus’ is supported by א, A, B, C, D, Ψ, 81, 453, 614, 945, 1175 and 1739; ‘salvation’ by P74, E, H, L and the Byzantine tradition.

Internal‘Salvation’ may have arisen by assimilation to the promise vocabulary, while ‘a savior, Jesus’ is the more concrete and slightly harder construction.

Project defaulta savior, Jesus

Project default

Witnessesσωτῆρα Ἰησοῦν · א, A, B, C, D, Ψ, 81, 945, 1739
Alternativesalvation

Textual alternative

Witnessesσωτηρίαν · P74, E, H, L, Byzantine tradition
Alternativea savior—Jesus

Contextual rendering of the default reading

Witnessesσωτῆρα Ἰησοῦν · 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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