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Acts 18

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acts.18.ac18WayGod

τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ

TEXTlow confidence

What wording names what Priscilla and Aquila explained?

The textual tradition preserves several forms: the way of God, the way of the Lord, the shorter “the way,” and word-based readings.

Why this default

Witnesses vary among ‘way of God,’ ‘way of the Lord,’ and the shorter ‘way’; these three preserve the principal readings.

Evidence

External“The way of God,” including its alternate word order, is strongly attested. Other witnesses read “the way of the Lord” or the shorter “the way”; a few secondary witnesses change “way” to “word.”

InternalLuke has “the way of the Lord” in verse 25, making harmonization in verse 26 easy; familiar proclamation language also explains secondary changes from “way” to “word.”

Project defaultthe way of God

Project default

WitnessesWay of God · principal Alexandrian and broad later support
Alternativethe way of the Lord

Alternative

WitnessesWay of the Lord · secondary witnesses
Alternativethe way

Alternative

WitnessesThe way · Western witnesses

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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