:TEXT: "written in the second psalm" : p74 S A B C E P Psi 33 81 614 945 1241 1739 2495 Byz two lat vg syr cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: DNOTES: "written in the first psalm" : D three lat : NEBnNOTES: "written in the psalm" : p45vid ("psalms") 522 1175 : none : In both the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds there are examples of Jewish rabbis treating the first and second psalms as one psalm, thus making the quotation (Psalms 2:7) from the first psalm rather than the second psalm. The Greek Old Testament treats these as two separate psalms, making the quotation from the second psalm. This explains the two different readings "first" and "second." But did Luke follow the Greek Old Testament or the Jewish rabbinic method of numbering the psalms? Since there is no evidence that the rabbinic method of numbering the psalms was in use in the first century and because only a few Western manuscripts have the reading "first," it is likely that Luke originally wrote "second." Although it is possible that the omission of either word is original, it is unlikely that so many manuscripts would have added a number if that had been the case.