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SBL Greek New Testament

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Luke 1

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luke.1.lk1MightyThings

ἐποίησέν μοι μεγάλα / μεγαλεῖα

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Did the Powerful One do ‘great things’ or ‘mighty deeds’?

The SBL apparatus records an edition-level variation between the ordinary adjective ‘great things’ and the noun ‘mighty deeds.’

Why this default

The SBLGNT adjective supports ‘great things’; the substantival alternative makes the deeds more explicitly mighty.

Evidence

ExternalThe SBL apparatus reports megala in WH and NA28 and megaleia in Tregelles and Robinson-Pierpont.

InternalThe nearby title ‘Powerful One’ could motivate either intensification or scribal alignment.

Project defaultthe Powerful One did great things for me

Project default · SBLGNT wording

Alternativethe Mighty One performed mighty deeds for me

Alternative noun

Alternativethe Powerful One worked wonders for me

Interpretive English

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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