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Luke 7

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luke.7.lk7ComeClause

διὸ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ἠξίωσα πρὸς σὲ ἐλθεῖν / omission

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Does the centurion explain why he did not come personally?

The sentence is present in the dominant early tradition but omitted by a Western stream. Its absence produces a shorter transition without changing the central claim.

Why this default

Inclusion is default because the sentence is supported across the principal early streams; omission is concentrated in the Western tradition and can be explained as compression.

Evidence

ExternalIncluded by P75, א, B, L, W and the broad Greek tradition; omitted by D, 700* and some Old Latin/Syriac witnesses.

InternalThe sentence explains why friends rather than the centurion himself arrive. Its similarity to the adjacent worthiness statement could also invite accidental or deliberate abbreviation.

Project defaultFor this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you.

Project default · broad early inclusion

Witnessesδιὸ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ... · P75, א, B, L, W
AlternativeOmit

Western omission

Witnessessentence absent · D, 700*, some Old Latin/Syriac
Alternative[For this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you].

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WitnessesDisplay option · disputed sentence bracketed

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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