Psalms 31:18

31:18 May lying lips be silenced –

lips that speak defiantly against the innocent

with arrogance and contempt!

Matthew 5:11

5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Luke 22:65

22:65 They also said many other things against him, reviling him.


tn Heb “the [ones which].”

tn Or “godly.”

tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sys Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.

tn Or “insulting.” Luke uses a strong word here; it means “to revile, to defame, to blaspheme” (L&N 33.400).