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Acts 4

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acts.4.ac4Servant

ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ / omission

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Does the prayer explicitly say 'in this city'?

The principal critical tradition includes the location; a later stream omits it.

Why this default

The location is default because it is supported by the principal critical witnesses and its omission is concentrated in a later stream.

Evidence

ExternalThe phrase is retained in the critical tradition and omitted by P, several minuscules, and the Byzantine tradition.

InternalThe location could be dropped as unnecessary after the narrative setting was already known.

Project defaultin this city they were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus

Project default

Witnessesἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ · critical tradition
Alternativethey were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus

Later omission

Witnessesomit · P, 1, 69, 462, Byzantine tradition
Alternative[in this city] they were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus

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