Transfiguration

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The appearance of the angel to strengthen Jesus at the garden is omitted in some powerful manuscripts and papyri and of course it is not found in Mark and Mathew. Scholars have argued the simple mistake especially in writing of numbers or misprint could cause confusion about what the apparatus says about these two verses. For example, Fitzmyer asserts that the verses are omitted by "0171*" but included by "0171 (corrector). "0171" here seems to be a mistake for 1071: according to the UBS apparatus 1071* omits the verses, but they are added in the margin. 1071 is a 12[th] century minuscule manuscript of some interest, but 0171 is potentially a more significant witness, being a third century uncial manuscript of some importance. While the majority seems to fall on omitting the two verses because of the many important manuscripts and papyri that do so but it is still indecisive because even the sources that added them are quite powerful ...

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of the angel can only be understood within prayer. The answer of Jesus prayer is the victory for his followers as they continue after the resurrection to bear witness where Luke does not fail to report the amazing experience in Acts.

There is also the thematic discussion on how Luke portrays Jesus. Throughout the gospel Luke presented Jesus as calm and in control and not overcome or control by emotions. I believe that the two verses have to be taken together in order for us to understand their place in the gospel. While others may argue that the agony betray the portrayal of Jesus used to by Luke but we need to think whether it is literal as something that actually happened or ...

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