Manuscript lens · variant unit

Gal 1:18 — Κηφᾶν / Πέτρον

Gal 1:18 · reading in

Ἔπειτα μετὰ ἔτη τρία ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἱστορῆσαι Κηφᾶν, καὶ ἐπέμεινα πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε·

BSB: “Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.”

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Printed reading

Κηφᾶν

Kēphan

Cephas

ℵ* · A · B · 17 · 67** · 71 · syrsch · syr^p (margin) · cop · aeth · an Armenian edition

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Alternative 1

Πέτρον

Petron

Peter

ℵc · D · E · F · G · K · L · P · it · vg · arm · syr^p (text) · Chrysostom · Euthalius (codd.) · Theodoret · John of Damascus · Victorinus

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Witnesses by century

Witness-dates timeline: pending sourcing. The dates are not yet backed by a sourced witness registry, so the timeline is hidden; the witnesses for each reading are listed above.

Decision

✓ Approved

Printed: Κηφᾶν
Confidence: high (team scale)
Significance: minor
Byz / TR: Πέτρον — open RP2018

Editorial decision: print Κηφᾶν, with SBLGNT, WH, Treg, and NA28. Confidence high: ℵ* A B and the early versions support it, and the familiar name is the likelier change. Says Cephas and Peter are the same apostle.

Evidence

7 sources

Editions: SBLGNT; RP2018 (Byz); Scrivener 1894 (TR). WH, Treg, and NA28 alignment follows the SBLGNT apparatus; NA28 is cited by reference only. Sigla: corrector notation follows Tischendorf, as explained in src.tischendorf-8.

The unit is the name only. SBLGNT, WH, Treg, and NA28 print Κηφᾶν; RP and TR print Πέτρον. WH reads ἱστορῆσαι Κηφᾶν (Westcott–Hort, p. 421, leaf n426).

Manuscripts (Tischendorf 8, vol. 2 (1872), p. 631, leaf n638 (novumtestamentum02tisc)): the octava prints Κηφᾶν with ℵ* A B, 17, 67**, 71, the Peshitta (as usual), the Harclean margin, cop, the Ethiopic (both editions), and an Armenian edition. ς (Griesbach, Scholz) reads Πέτρον with ℵ in a corrector’s hand, D E F G K L P, most others, it vg, arm, the Harclean text, Chrysostom, manuscripts of Euthalius, Theodoret, Damascene, Victorinus, and the rest.

Minor variants (box lines): 1:18 ἔτη τρία (SBLGNT, Treg, NA28, RP, TR) / τρία ἔτη (WH). Other units in Galatians 1: 1:8 εὐαγγελίζηται (SBLGNT, Treg, NA28, RP, TR) / εὐαγγελίσηται (WH); 1:8 ὑμῖν (lacking only in the Greek text behind the NIV); 1:10 + γάρ after εἰ (RP, TR); 1:11 γάρ (SBLGNT) / δέ (RP, TR); 1:12 οὔτε (SBLGNT, WH, NA28, RP, TR) / οὐδέ (Treg).

Internal: Paul uses Κηφᾶς elsewhere in this letter (2:9, 11, 14); Πέτρον gives the more familiar Greek name. Both name the same apostle.

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