Luke 21:35

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Luke 21:35 (KJV)

A careful examination, however, shows that the phrase does not appear verbatim in the King James Version. Draft 3 points out that the actual KJV wording of Luke 21:35 is: “And when these things begin to fall, look up, and lift up your heads, because this is coming soon.” This indicates that while Luke 21:35 certainly exists in the KJV, the specific wording cited in the earlier drafts is not the text of that verse.

The differing statements therefore illustrate a textual discrepancy: the verse is present in the KJV, but the quoted phrase is not the authentic KJV text. The study of this passage must therefore acknowledge both the existence of Luke 21:35 in the Gospel of Luke and the fact that the quoted phrase is not the exact wording found in the King James translation.