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Luke 21
luke.21.lk21Plagues
λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοί
How are famine and pestilence ordered in the transmitted text?
Witnesses vary the order of the paired disasters; a Western expansion also adds storms.
Why this default
The familiar famine-then-pestilence order has strong early support, while other witnesses reverse the pair or preserve a Western expansion.
Evidence
ExternalFamines then pestilences: major early witnesses; reversed order: an alternative stream; expanded storms wording: Western witnesses.
InternalList order is readily harmonized, while the added storm term is characteristic expansion.
Early order
Witnessesλιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοί — early witnessesAlternative order
Witnessesλοιμοὶ καὶ λιμοί — alternative witnessesWestern expansion
Witnessesexpanded disaster list — Western witnessesRecord integrity
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