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Luke 20

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luke.20.lk20SecondBrotherText

ὁ δεύτερος / expanded sentence

TEXTmoderate confidence

How much does verse 30 say about the second brother?

The early form contains only ‘the second’; later witnesses expand it into a complete parallel sentence.

Why this default

The short ‘the second’ is default on strong early support; the full parallel sentence is a harmonizing expansion.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter form has major early support; the expansion is broad later.

InternalThe expansion completes the parallel action from the first brother and anticipates the summary.

Project defaultThe second did likewise,

Project default · shorter reading

Witnessesὁ δεύτερος — א, B, D, L, 0266, 892, 1241
AlternativeThe second took the woman and also died childless,

A, W, Θ, Ψ and Byzantine support

Witnessesἔλαβεν ὁ δεύτερος ... ἀπέθανεν ἄτεκνος — A, W, Θ, Ψ, families 1 and 13, Byzantine witnesses
AlternativeThe second [took her and also died childless],

Expansion visibly marked

Witnessesexpanded actions visibly marked

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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