A question on Luke 1

[wmscott]

Why is it in Luke 1:28,42 both Catholic and Protestant Bibles will express these verses either as follows:

28 “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”
42 "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

Or as follows:

28 “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” Blessed are you among women”.
42 "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb

Why is the statement “Blessed are you among women” dropped from verse 28 in some translations. Thanks for the help

 

[James224]

Why is it in Luke 1:28,42 both Catholic and Protestant Bibles will express these verses either as follows:

28 “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”
42 "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

Or as follows:

28 “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” Blessed are you among women”.
42 "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb

Why is the statement “Blessed are you among women” dropped from verse 28 in some translations. Thanks for the help

I don’t know why it was dropped but it’s there in the Greek. I’m looking at the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament. Here’s the Greek:

ὁκύριοςμετὰσοῦ.2ὁκύριοςμετάσύ
theMasterwithyou
DNSM NNSM P RP2GS

 

[Todd_Easton]

The following is from A Commentary on the New Testament, published by The Catholic Biblical Association in 1942, page 235, on Luke 1: 28:
The words Blessed art thou among women are not part of Luke’s original text in this passage. According to the best Greek MSS[manuscripts] they were spoken only by Elizabeth ([in verse] 42). Apparently the custom of combining the words of Gabriel with those of Elizabeth to form a prayer to our Lady goes back to a very early period in the Church and was the cause of some enlarging by an early copyist of Gabriel’s greeting.

 

[NHInsider]

The following is from A Commentary on the New Testament, published by The Catholic Biblical Association in 1942, page 235, on Luke 1: 28:
The words Blessed art thou among women are not part of Luke’s original text in this passage. According to the best Greek MSS[manuscripts] they were spoken only by Elizabeth ([in verse] 42).

This may well be true, but it should be noted that we do not HAVE Luke’s original text, so this is a conclusion based on comparisons of the many fragmentary texts we have from the 3rd-5th centuries.

 

[wmscott]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Salvatore123]

Both Todd and NHI are correct.

If one reads the entire first chapter of Luke, one could easily conclude that the phrase “blessed art thou among women” allegedly spoken by Gabriel was actually a “redundancy” inserted in later translations as a result of the Mariaology that began to “take hold” in later centuries. And I say “redundancy” NOT in a bad light - I say so only because the exact wording is repeated just a few paragraphs later by Elizabeth when SHE greated the Blessed Mother.

Although I may be accused of being biased because I am Catholic, I think it does a great service to us that many Catholic translations actually footnote this particular passage and “admit” that it was probably added to the original scripture. At least the publishers are acknowledging a legitimate difference in translations at this point.