Luke 11:2-4

The Fuller Lord's Prayer

Reading Supported

Our Father which art in heaven... Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth... but deliver us from evil.

Variant Issue

The KJV/TR preserves the fuller traditional form of the Lord's Prayer in Luke, while several early witnesses support shorter wording across multiple phrases rather than one simple omission.

Short omitted phraseComplex evidenceMajority Greek supportLatin supportSyriac supportCoptic supportLectionary support

Quick read

This is a complex multi-phrase variant, not one simple omission: the fuller KJV wording is supported by large later Greek, Byzantine, lectionary, Latin, Syriac, and some Coptic evidence, while early Alexandrian and related witnesses support shorter wording in parts.

Support category

Complex multi-phrase variant, fuller traditional form versus shorter critical form

Sources used

INTF NTVMR; ECM where published/available; NA/UBS apparatuses; Tyndale House Greek New Testament apparatus; passage-specific manuscript studies where applicable

Manuscript Count Snapshot

Manuscript evidence at a glance.

Greek support

1,500+ Greek manuscripts for the fuller traditional phrases where Byzantine/Majority support is listed

Greek against

Several early Alexandrian and related witnesses

Support category

Complex multi-phrase variant, fuller traditional form versus shorter critical form

Lectionary support

Lectionaries support fuller traditional wording

Main evidence against

P75, Sinaiticus, B, L, Family 1, 700, Vulgate in some phrases, Sinaitic Syriac, most Coptic

Evidence Summary

Complex multi-phrase variant, fuller traditional form versus shorter critical form

This is a complex multi-phrase variant, not one simple omission: the fuller KJV wording is supported by large later Greek, Byzantine, lectionary, Latin, Syriac, and some Coptic evidence, while early Alexandrian and related witnesses support shorter wording in parts.

Greek support

1,500+ Greek manuscripts for the fuller traditional phrases where Byzantine/Majority support is listed

Against

Several early Alexandrian and related witnesses

Patristic

1 entry

Site Summary Score

82% for / 18% against

A site-level summary from the Greek manuscript count plus the Latin, Syriac, Coptic, patristic, lectionary, and printed evidence listed for this passage.

For the KJV/TR reading: 82% site summary score

Against or alternate readings: 18% site summary score

Greek support snapshot: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts for the fuller traditional phrases where Byzantine/Majority support is listed

Greek against snapshot: Several early Alexandrian and related witnesses