Home›Open Questions›Is the shorter or the longer text of the Lukan institution narrative original?Open QuestionsIs the shorter or the longer text of the Lukan institution narrative original?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Is the shorter or the longer text of the Lukan institution narrative original?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/is-the-shorter-or-the-longer-text-of-the-lukan-institution-narrative-original.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Is the shorter or the longer text of the Lukan institution narrative original?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/is-the-shorter-or-the-longer-text-of-the-lukan-institution-narrative-originalCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-is-the-shorter-or-the-longer-text-of-the, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Is the shorter or the longer text of the Lukan institution narrative original?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/is-the-shorter-or-the-longer-text-of-the-lukan-institution-narrative-original}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionA group of early witnesses gives a shorter text of Luke 22 that stops after the first mention of the cup, and the longer text, printed in most modern critical editions, gives the bread and a second cup. The two readings shape the passage differently and the argument has run for more than a century. This run recorded the dispute on this page but did not establish where the weight of current textual scholarship sits.What would resolve this A current survey of the manuscript evidence and of the argument over the Western non-interpolations, with the editorial reasoning of the major critical editions set side by side.OpenNew Testament textual criticismDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First EditionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnThe Words of Institution, Rituals Well-attested Source Divinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1SourcesDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year