Luke 24:51
Carried Up Into Heaven
Reading Supported
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Variant Issue
The KJV/TR includes the ascension phrase in Luke 24:51; the omission is listed in Sinaiticus first hand, Codex Bezae, and some Old Latin witnesses.
Quick read
Luke 24:51 is supported by P75, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Byzantine, and lectionaries, so it is not mainly a Vaticanus-omits case.
Support category
Strong Greek support for inclusion
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
Greek against
Fewer than 10 principal witnesses / groups
Support category
Strong Greek support for inclusion
Lectionary support
Lectionaries contain the phrase
Main evidence against
Sinaiticus first hand, D, some Old Latin witnesses
Evidence Summary
Strong Greek support for inclusion
Luke 24:51 is supported by P75, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Byzantine, and lectionaries, so it is not mainly a Vaticanus-omits case.
Greek support
1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Against
Fewer than 10 principal witnesses / groups
Patristic
None listed
Site Summary Score
95% for / 5% 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: 95% site summary score
Against or alternate readings: 5% site summary score
Greek support snapshot: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against snapshot: Fewer than 10 principal witnesses / groups