New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), “Study note on Luke 23:43, 'Truly I tell you today,'”
“In this verse, the grammar of the Greek text allows for placing a comma (or a colon) either before or after the word “today.” … Scholarly editions of the Greek text like the ones prepared by Westcott and Hort, Nestle and Aland, and the United Bible Societies put a comma before the Greek word rendered “today.” However, placing the comma after “today” harmonizes with earlier statements that Jesus made and with teachings found elsewhere in the Scriptures.”
A candid statement of the organisation's method at this verse: the grammar permits either, the standard critical editions choose one, and the organisation chooses the other because of what it holds the Bible to teach elsewhere. The note also cites the fifth-century Curetonian Syriac and Hesychius of Jerusalem as early witnesses to the alternative punctuation.
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Provenance and verification note for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Study note on Luke 23:43, 'Truly I tell you today,'
Confidence note. Study note read in full on the nwtsty Luke chapter 23 page on wol.jw.org, 19 September 2026. I have not opened Burkitt's edition of the Curetonian Syriac or the text of Hesychius to check those secondary citations.
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Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-nwtv-nwtsty-note-luke-23-43