Family Kx

The group was discovered by Hermann von Soden and designated by him with symbol K^x.[1] The only distinction von Soden made among K^x members was according to the presence and type of the Pericope adulterae.[2] Due to the massive influence of the group on other groups and its lack of control, the boundaries of group remain blurred.[3] The most problematic is the question, how many K^x readings can be missing and how many surplus readings can be added before a manuscript no longer deserves to be classified as K^x?[3]

According to the Claremont Profile Method K^x has following profile in Luke 1, 10, and 20 are:[n 1]

• Luke 1:10 — ην του λαου] του λαου ην
• Luke 1:44 — εν αγαλλιασει το βρεφος ] το βρεφος εν αγαλλιασει
• (Luke 10:1) — ημελλεν ] εμελλεν
• Luke 10:6 — εαν ] μεν
• Luke 10:8 — ην ] δ'
• Luke 10:12 — λεγω ] + δε
• (Luke 10:30) — εκδυσαντες ] εξεδυσαν
• Luke 10:36 — πλησιον δοκει σοι ] δοκει σοι πλησιον
• (Luke 10:39) — τον λογον ] των λογων
• Luke 20:1 — αρχιερεις ] ιερεις
• Luke 20:5 — δια τι ] + ουν
• Luke 20:9 — τις ] omit
• Luke 20:19 — τον λαον ] omit
• Luke 20:28 — Μωυσης ] Μωσης
• Luke 20:31 — ωσαυτως ] + ως αυτως
• Luke 20:31 — επτα ] + και
• Luke 20:32 — υστερον ] + παντων
• Luke 20:35 — γαμιζονται ] εκγαμιζονται (TR reads: εκγαμισκονται)
• (Luke 20:37) — Μωυσης ] Μωσης.[4]

According to von Soden the group K^x emerged in the 10th century.[5] The group probably evolved from Family E, which is not as easy to distinguish as groups K^r and K¹. Von Soden included these Kappa manuscripts in this family, which are not classified as K^r or Kⁱ.[3]

The Textus Receptus was created on the basis of the manuscripts of this group.

Codex Seidelianus II (H/013), 2, 3, 8, 14, 45, 47, 49, 51, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 73, 75, 76, 78, 84, 89, 96, 99, 105, 107, 109, 121, 123, 126, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 140, 142, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150, 153, 156, 158, 159, 165, 173, 175, 176, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 200, 202, 204, 207, 208, 212, 218, 226, 227, 228, 231, 234, 247, 260, 267, 274, 275, 276, 282, 283, 284, 293, 294, 298, 301, 324, 330, 331, 343, 347, 351, 352, 358, 359, 360, 364, 367, 371, 373, 375, 376, 380, 388, 390, 396, 401, 402, 403, 405, 407, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 431, 439, 447, 448, 470, 471, 475, 478, 483, 484, 490, 492, 493, 494, 501, 504, 505, 506, 507, 529, 530, 568, 585, 663, 669, 672, 710, 714, 725, 778, 808, 839, 844, 864, 875, 877, 939, 971, 1069, 1076, 1417, 1452, 1474, 1569, 1671, 1693, 2112, 2217, 2455, 2649.[6]

There are some manuscripts very close textually to group K^x, but they differ in some details. To this group belong the codices: 024, 026, 027, 036, 047, 0130, 4, 251, 273, 440, 472, 485, 495, 660, 716, 871, 1047, 1093, 1170, 1229, 1242, 1295, 1355, 1365, 1396, 1515, 1604. They are designated by I' and do not form a textual family.

There are group A^k related to the Byzantine commentated text: 15, 53, 902, 1163, 1167.

Some manuscripts in some parts represent family K^x: 446, 508, 715, 762, 764, 765, 766, 768, 775, 777, 779, 783, 784, 785, 790, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 799, 801, 811, 831, 860, 872, 895, 929, 933, 934, 935, 937, 941, 942, 943, 1281.

• Family E
• Family Π
• Family K¹
• Family K^r
• Family 1424

• Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, pp. 713–757.
• Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 94–99. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

• Text-Types and Textual Kinship at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism