Luke 4:44 — preaching in the synagogues of… which region?
Luke 4:44 has a reading of Judea and a reading of Galilee; the supplied apparatus records both. The APB prints Judea, although the narrative is situated in Galilee.
What the APB prints.
Every witness, on the record.
What a blind committee did here.
The APB's translation committee works blind: it is never told it is translating the Bible, never given a book name or a verse number, and it never sees the witnesses above. Whatever it did at this verse, it did on the language alone — and its record is public.
The committee record has no rationale note for this crux, and the pericope audit verdict is 'clean'. At Luke 4:44, the APB itself prints: "And he continued preaching in the synagogues of Judea." The record supplied here documents that wording but supplies no explanation for it.
The case for each reading.
If “Judea”
Reading A has Ἰουδαίας in Westcott-Hort and NA28, as the apparatus line records. The supplied description calls Judea geographically awkward because the narrative sits in Galilee. That same description identifies this awkwardness as the sort of wording scribes would fix. On this account, the regional mismatch is not treated as a detail to be silently removed; it is the feature that gives the Judea reading its stated case. The reading also leaves the scene as a continuation of preaching in synagogues, while naming Judea as the region.
If “Galilee”
Reading B has Γαλιλαίας in Tregelles and RP in the apparatus. It names Galilee, the region in which the supplied description places the narrative. Tregelles' witness note calls Galilee the smooth reading and says it harmonizes with Mark and Matthew. The case for B therefore rests on geographic continuity and on that stated harmony. It gives the verse a region that accords with the narrative setting while retaining the same action: preaching in synagogues. The apparatus records this as the alternative to Ἰουδαίας, rather than a change to the preaching itself.
The supplied material leaves the regional wording unresolved: its apparatus records both Ἰουδαίας and Γαλιλαίας. The difference is whether the synagogues are located in Judea or Galilee. What does not change between the two supplied readings is the continuation of preaching in synagogues. This crux, on the supplied evidence, does not settle wider questions beyond that regional designation.
Asked plainly.
Does Luke 4:44 say Judea or Galilee?
The supplied apparatus records both: Ἰουδαίας for Judea and Γαλιλαίας for Galilee. The APB prints Judea.
Why is Judea considered difficult in Luke 4:44?
The supplied description says the narrative sits in Galilee, making Judea geographically awkward. It also says this is the kind of wording scribes would fix.
What remains the same in both readings?
Both supplied readings retain the continuation of preaching in synagogues. The variation concerns the region named for those synagogues.
More places where the manuscripts argue.
Witness readings for critical editions are quoted from the SBLGNT apparatus (CC BY 4.0); Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible). Readings of ancient manuscripts and versions are cited as published scholarly fact with their sources linked above. Nothing on this page declares a winner — the evidence is the point.
Weigh it yourself.
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