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In the Old Testament there were 70 elders so that lends weight to Jesus choosing 70
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An argument can be made for either side but I think the argument for their being 70 is stronger than 72.
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Kind of the same.
72 is the harder reading and on that basis the more likely to be correct; scribes are more likely to change 72 to 70 to match the OT parallels than to turn 70 into 72.
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70 is the more likely number, because of the symbolism.
It multiplies 7 (the number which belongs to God) and 10, which I associate with completeness.
It keeps cropping up on occasions which are about "God dealing with the whole world". The 70 elders who met God with Moses. The legend of the Septuagint. And this chapter.
It multiplies 7 (the number which belongs to God) and 10, which I associate with completeness.
It keeps cropping up on occasions which are about "God dealing with the whole world". The 70 elders who met God with Moses. The legend of the Septuagint. And this chapter.
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because all those reasons for 70 would be known to the scribes they are actually reasons why it most likely was originally 72.
All else being equal the harder reading is more likely, not the easier.
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