Manuscripts, Textual Variants, and Bible Translators

Abstract

Among the contributions of Theodore Skeat (1907Skeat ( -2003 to biblical studies are several interesting papers on individual textual variants in New Testament manuscripts. Skeat's discussion of Matt 6.28, Mark 3.20, 7.3, 16.8, Phil 1.1, and 2 Tim 4.13 is reviewed from the perspective of the significance of these variants for Bible translators. The case of deuteroprōtos in Luke 6.1 is discussed in more detail, and the different possibilities for exegesis and translation are presented.