| Greek reading reported by Epiphanius | Canonical Luke reference | Epiphanius claim about Marcionite text | Tertullian evidence | Disagreement |
|---|
| «ἵνα ᾖ μαρτύριον τοῦτο ὑμῖν … εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς» | Luke 5:14 | variant wording | Adv. Marc. 4.9.9-10 assumes canonical phrasing | YES — Epiphanius preserves variant absent from Tertullian |
| «ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει…» | Luke 5:24 | present | Tertullian uses normally | NO |
| «Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου» | Luke 6:5 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.12.5 | NO |
| «Ἰούδαν Ἰσκαριώτην…» | Luke 6:16 | wording detail | not discussed | UNCLEAR |
| «κατέβη ἐν αὐτοῖς» vs «μετ’ αὐτῶν» | Luke 6:17 | explicit Greek variant | no Latin trace | YES — textual form diverges |
| «πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἐζήτει ἅπτεσθαι…» | Luke 6:19-20 | present | Tertullian not concerned with wording | UNCLEAR |
| «Κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ ἐποίουν τοῖς προφήταις…» | Luke 6:23 | present | prophetic continuity used differently | POSSIBLE |
| «τοσαύτην πίστιν…» | Luke 7:9 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.18.1 | NO |
| «μακάριος ὃς οὐ μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ…» altered | Luke 7:23 | contextual alteration | Tertullian silent | YES — Epiphanius reports redaction unknown to Tertullian |
| «ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου…» | Luke 7:27 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.18.7 | NO |
| sinful woman wording | Luke 7:36-38 | textual detail | Tertullian ignores wording | UNCLEAR |
| omission of «ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ…» | Luke 8:19-20 | omission claimed | Tertullian presumes normal family reference | YES — structural contradiction |
| «ἐπετίμησε τῷ ἀνέμῳ…» | Luke 8:23-24 | present | used by Tertullian | NO |
| hemorrhage narrative wording | Luke 8:42-46 | variant lines | Adv. Marc. 4.20.7-8 uses episode canonically | YES — variant not reflected |
| Transfiguration voice | Luke 9:35 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.22.1 | NO |
| Jonah/Nineveh omission | Luke 11:29-32 | material removed | Tertullian assumes prophetic fulfilment logic | YES — ideological conflict |
| «παρέρχεσθε τὴν κλῆσιν» vs κρίσιν | Luke 11:42 | wording variant | Adv. Marc. 4.27.4 cites canonical form | YES |
| Wisdom saying removed | Luke 11:49-51 | omission claimed | Tertullian’s prophetic argument presupposes fuller tradition | YES |
| confession wording altered | Luke 12:8 | variant reported | Adv. Marc. 4.28.4 presumes canonical | YES |
| «Ζητεῖτε τὴν βασιλείαν…» | Luke 12:31 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.29.5 | NO |
| patriarch banquet cut | Luke 13:28 | omission claimed | Tertullian stresses patriarch continuity elsewhere | YES — theological contradiction |
| rich man & Lazarus | Luke 16 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.34.10 | NO |
| ten lepers modified | Luke 17 | altered narrative | Adv. Marc. 4.35 uses canonical OT continuity | POSSIBLE |
| rich ruler wording variant | Luke 18 | variant speech forms | Adv. Marc. 4.36.4 | POSSIBLE |
| donkey/temple narrative cut | Luke 19 | omission claimed | Tertullian presupposes temple fulfilment themes | YES — structural divergence |
| resurrection bush proof removed | Luke 20:37-38 | omission claimed | Tertullian relies on resurrection scriptural proofs | YES — major theological conflict |
| passion predictions removed | Luke 18:31-33 | omission claimed | Tertullian assumes suffering prophecy | YES |
| «σήμερον μετ’ ἐμοῦ…» absent | Luke 23:43 | omission claimed | Tertullian unclear | UNCLEAR |
| Emmaus prophetic wording altered | Luke 24:25-26 | variant | Tertullian presupposes prophecy fulfilment | YES — ideological divergence |
| «πνεῦμα ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει…» | Luke 24:38-39 | present | Adv. Marc. 4.43.6 | NO |
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