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Luke 9:56


Footnote:

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The phrase "For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save" in Luke 9:56 was likely added by early scribes before the 3rd century. It may have originated in the Western Church (North Africa or Rome) or in Syriac-speaking Christianity (Eastern Syria, Mesopotamia), as it appears in the Old Latin (Italic) and Peshitta (Syriac).

It later became widespread in the Byzantine tradition, which contributed to its inclusion in the Textus Receptus and subsequent translations like the KJV.