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Luke 24
luke.24.lk24HoneycombText
καὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου
Does the food include honeycomb as well as broiled fish?
The honeycomb phrase is absent from the earliest Alexandrian witnesses and appears to be a later expansion of the meal.
Why this default
Honeycomb is omitted because the earliest strongest witnesses preserve only broiled fish and the second food is easily explained as embellishment.
Evidence
ExternalFish only: P75, א, A, B, D, L, W and early versions; fish and honeycomb: later witnesses including much of the Byzantine tradition.
InternalA second concrete food readily embellishes the meal; there is little reason to delete only the honeycomb.
Project default · shorter text
Witnessesἰχθύος ὀπτοῦ μέρος — P75, א, A, B, D, L, WLater expanded text
Witnessesκαὶ ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου — later witnesses, Byzantine traditionExpansion visibly bracketed
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