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The 'Second-First' Sabbath (Luke 6:1): the Final Solution

The 'Second-First' Sabbath (Luke 6:1): the Final Solution THE 'SECOND-FIRST' SABBATH (LUKE 6:1): THE FINAL SOLUTION by T. C. SKEAT London Every few years a new theory is propounded to explain the mysterious word 3EU'tEp07tpW't(? in Luke 6:1. The purpose of the present note is not to discuss these, but to draw attention to a suggestion made many years ago by F. C. Burkitt, and to demon- strate that this provides not only a possible solution, but the only possible solution. 1 In The Gospel History and its Transmission, 3rd edition, 1911, p. 80, note 1, Burkitt wrote: "The date of the events recorded in Mk iii 5ff. cannot be accurately determined, but it is reasonable to suppose that it was shortly after the occasion on which the disciples had plucked the ears of corn on the Sabbath (Mk ii 23 ff.). This story, placed as it is somewhere near the shore of the Sea of Galilee, implies a date somewhere in April or May. Lk vi 1 does not tell us any more than the parallel in Mark. The textual evidence makes it certain that the 3EU'tEp07tpW't? of the Byzantine and some Western texts is not genuine, and even if it were accepted it does http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Novum Testamentum Brill

The 'Second-First' Sabbath (Luke 6:1): the Final Solution

Skeat, T.C.
Novum Testamentum , Volume 30 (2): 103 – Jan 1, 1988
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© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE 'SECOND-FIRST' SABBATH (LUKE 6:1): THE FINAL SOLUTION by T. C. SKEAT London Every few years a new theory is propounded to explain the mysterious word 3EU'tEp07tpW't(? in Luke 6:1. The purpose of the present note is not to discuss these, but to draw attention to a suggestion made many years ago by F. C. Burkitt, and to demon- strate that this provides not only a possible solution, but the only possible solution. 1 In The Gospel History and its Transmission, 3rd edition, 1911, p. 80, note 1, Burkitt wrote: "The date of the events recorded in Mk iii 5ff. cannot be accurately determined, but it is reasonable to suppose that it was shortly after the occasion on which the disciples had plucked the ears of corn on the Sabbath (Mk ii 23 ff.). This story, placed as it is somewhere near the shore of the Sea of Galilee, implies a date somewhere in April or May. Lk vi 1 does not tell us any more than the parallel in Mark. The textual evidence makes it certain that the 3EU'tEp07tpW't? of the Byzantine and some Western texts is not genuine, and even if it were accepted it does

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