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Acts 7

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acts.7.ac7Prophet

ὁ θεός / κύριος ὁ θεός

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Which divine title introduces the promised prophet?

The witnesses vary between God and expanded Lord-God forms while preserving the promise of a prophet like Moses.

Why this default

God is retained as the project default; expanded Lord-God forms are genuine secondary readings.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter divine title has strong early support, while later witnesses expand it with Lord and varying possessives.

InternalExpansion toward the familiar Deuteronomy wording is readily explained.

Project defaultGod will raise up for you a prophet like me

Project default

Witnessesp74, א, A, B, D
AlternativeThe Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me

Expanded reading

WitnessesC, E, H, P and later tradition
AlternativeThe Lord our God will raise up for you a prophet like me

Pronoun variant

Witnessessecondary witnesses

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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