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Translation record
Jude 1
jude.1.jude15ReminderText
εἰδότας ... πάντα/τοῦτο; Ἰησοῦς/κύριος
What prior knowledge is recalled, and who saved the people from Egypt?
The opening wording varies between knowing all things and knowing this, with different placements of ‘once.’ More consequentially, NA28 names Jesus as Israel’s rescuer, while Westcott-Hort and Tregelles read ‘Lord’ and the Byzantine text reads ‘the Lord.’ The options preserve the principal recoverable combinations without pretending the two loci are one variant.
Why this default
The NA28 profile is preferred because the explicit name Jesus preserves the passage’s striking christological identification while its opening wording remains well attested and coherent.
Evidence
ExternalSBLGNT apparatus: ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ — NA28, RP; ἅπαξ ὑμᾶς — NIV; ἅπαξ — WH, Tregelles; ὑμᾶς — NA27. πάντα — WH, Tregelles, NA28; τοῦτο — RP. Ἰησοῦς — NA28; κύριος — WH, Tregelles; ὁ κύριος — NIV, RP; ὁ κύριος ἅπαξ — NA27.
InternalThe decision record relies on the stated lexical, grammatical, or translation rationale.
Project default · NA28 core readings
WitnessesNA28WH/Tregelles · Lord reading
WitnessesWestcott-Hort · TregellesByzantine readings
WitnessesByzantine tradition (RP)Record integrity
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