In Lukas 23:43 setzt die Neue-Welt-Übersetzung die Satzzeichen so: „Wahrlich, ich sage dir heute: Du wirst mit mir im Paradies sein“ (englisch „Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in Paradise“) und bindet damit „heute“ an das Sprechen. Die bedeutenden englischen Bibelübersetzungen setzen das Komma vor „today“ und binden es damit an die Verheißung.
Claim ID claim-bible-luke-23-43-commaConcerns 2013Ausdrückliche Aussage
Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Die Organisation weist darauf hin, dass die ältesten griechischen Handschriften keine Satzzeichen haben und dass „the grammar of the Greek text allows for placing a comma (or a colon) either before or after the word ‚today.‘“ — die Grammatik des griechischen Textes erlaube es, ein Komma (oder einen Doppelpunkt) entweder vor oder nach dem Wort „heute“ zu setzen. Sie räumt ein, dass Westcott und Hort, Nestle–Aland und die United Bible Societies das Komma allesamt vor „today“ setzen, und sagt, die andere Setzung „harmonizes with earlier statements that Jesus made and with teachings found elsewhere in the Scriptures“ — stimme mit früheren Aussagen Jesu und mit Lehren an anderen Stellen der Schrift überein.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Luke 23:43
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Chapter page opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026 by the independent auditor and the running Bible text of verse 43 read in full; wording confirmed character for character.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References, Luke 23:43
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.1984 Reference Bible chapter page opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026 and the verse read in full. Independent audit, 19 September 2026: this record was previously filed under the id ‘src-nwtv-nwt2013-luke-23-43’, although its publication, date and URL are all the 1984 Reference Bible. Renamed, and a separate record added for the 2013 wording.
19. September 2026 · Bible Hub (reproducing the named copyright translations)
“New International Version “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” English Standard Version “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” King James Bible “Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Lamsa Bible “Truly I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise.””
Of the major English versions on the page, none punctuates the verse as the New World Translation does. One version on the same page does: George Lamsa's translation from the Syriac Peshitta places the comma after ‘today’, as the New World Translation does.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Bible Hub parallel translations, Luke 23:43 in the parallel English versions
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Page opened on 19 September 2026 and all 42 renderings on it read, on Bible Hub's reproduction rather than in the printed editions. Independent audit, 19 September 2026: the earlier wording of this record claimed that ‘all seventeen versions on the page’ place the comma before ‘today’. The page carries 42 versions, and the Lamsa Bible places it after ‘today’. Corrected.
Notes.This quote field compiles renderings quoted separately from one Bible Hub parallel page; it is not a continuous passage. Each rendering was checked word for word against the page.
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-nwtv-bh-luke-23-43
1985 · Luke 23:43 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“43 καὶ And εἶπεν he said αὐτῷ to him Ἀμήν Amen σοι to you λέγω, I am saying σήμερον today μετ’ with ἐμοῦ me ἔσῃ you will be ἐν in τῷ the παραδείσῳ. Paradise.”
The printed Greek text carries a comma after λέγω and before σήμερον — that is, the punctuation of the Westcott and Hort text the Society reproduces places 'today' with the promise, not with the speaking.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, Luke 23:43 (word-for-word English under the Greek)
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Interlinear text for Luke 23 opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026 and the Greek line, including its punctuation, read directly from the page.
2013 · study note, Luke 23:43 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“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.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition), Study note on Luke 23:43, 'Truly I tell you today,'
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.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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