the blasphemous comma

in several editions of early king james bibles, luke 23:32 reads:

“And there were also two other malefactors [crucified with Jesus].”

A comma was accidentally omitted. it should have read “And there were also two other, malefactors [crucified with Jesus].”

this has come to be known as the blasphemous comma.

additional amusing bible errata can be found by pounding hard on this link.

October 20, 2009
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