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Acts 9
acts.9.ac9LordJesusName
ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου / ... κυρίου Ἰησοῦ
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 default
Witnessesτοῦ κυρίου · P74, א, A, B, CLater textual alternative
Witnessesτοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ · later Greek and Byzantine traditionResponsible treatment of the shorter reading
Witnessesτοῦ κυρίου · P74, א, A, B, CRecord integrity
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