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Acts 15

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γνωστὰ ἀπ’ αἰῶνος / γνωστὰ ἀπ’ αἰῶνός ἐστιν τῷ θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

TEXThigh confidence

How does the prophetic citation conclude?

The shorter text ends with what is known from long ago; an expanded tradition states that all God’s works are known to him from eternity.

Why this default

The compact default is strongly supported and is the more difficult reading. One stream lengthens it, while the Byzantine form supplies God and all his works explicitly.

Evidence

ExternalThe compact γνωστὰ ἀπ’ αἰῶνος is supported by א, B, C, Ψ, 33, 36, 81, 307, 323, 453, 610, 630, 1175, 1505, 1678, 1739, and 1891. Longer forms occur in P74, A, D and versions; the fully expanded clause is read by E, L, P and the Byzantine tradition.

InternalThe terse syntax prompted expansion with an explicit verb, subject, and object. The direction of clarification favors the compact text.

Project defaultknown from long ago

Project default

WitnessesCompact reading · א, B, C, Ψ, 33, 81, 1175, 1739 and others
Alternativeknown from eternity

Alternative

WitnessesLonger intermediate forms · P74, A, D and versions
AlternativeKnown to God from eternity are all his works

Responsible alternative

WitnessesGod/all his works expansion · E, L, P, Byzantine tradition

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