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Acts 9

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acts.9.ac9LordJesusName

ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου / ... κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

TEXThigh confidence

Does the text explicitly add Jesus’s name to ‘the Lord’?

The shorter reading has ‘the name of the Lord’; later witnesses clarify the referent by adding ‘Jesus.’

Why this default

The default keeps the shorter early wording ‘the Lord’; the explicit addition ‘Jesus’ is a natural clarification of an otherwise contextually identifiable referent.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter reading is supported by P74, א, A, B and C; Lord Jesus is widespread in the later Greek tradition.

InternalAdding Jesus resolves the referential ambiguity and harmonizes the phrase with the explicit name in the preceding verse.

Project defaultin the name of the Lord

Project default

Witnessesτοῦ κυρίου · P74, א, A, B, C
Alternativein the name of the Lord Jesus

Later textual alternative

Witnessesτοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ · later Greek and Byzantine tradition
Alternativein the Lord’s name

Responsible treatment of the shorter reading

Witnessesτοῦ κυρίου · P74, א, A, B, C

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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