tc The reading Σαλά (Sala, “Sala”) is found in the best and earliest witnesses (𝔓4 א* B sys sa). Almost all the rest of the mss (א2 A D L Θ Ψ 0102 [f1, 13] 33 𝔐 latt syp,h bo) have Σαλμών (Salmōn, “Salmon”), an assimilation to Matt 1:4–5 and 1 Chr 2:11 (LXX). “In view of the early tradition that Luke was a Syrian of Antioch it is perhaps significant that the form Σαλά appears to embody a Syriac tradition” (TCGNT 113).

tc The number and order of the first few names in this verse varies greatly in the mss. The variants which are most likely to be original based upon external evidence are Amminadab, Aram (A D 33 565 [1424] pm lat); Amminadab, Aram, Joram (K Δ Ψ 700 2542 pm); Adam, Admin, Arni (𝔓4vid א* 1241 pc sa); and Amminadab, Admin, Arni (א2 L X [Γ] f13 pc). Deciding between these variants is quite difficult. The reading “Amminadab, Aram” is the strongest externally since it is represented by Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine witnesses, although it is significantly weaker internally because it disrupts the artistic balance of the number of generations and their groups that three names would preserve (see TCGNT 113, fn. 1 for discussion). In this case, the subtle intrinsic arguments that would most likely be overlooked by scribes argues for the reading “Amminadab, Admin, Arni,” although a decision is quite difficult because of the lack of strong external support.