JST Luke 2:35 reading "spear" vs. KJV "sword"

  

Luke 2:35 (KJV)	NT MSS 2, p. 50
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.	yea, a sword <spear> shall pierce throught thine own soul and thine own soul also shall be afflicted that the thoughts <him> to the wounding of thine own soul also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

 

 

According to Daniel McKinlay, this reading of “spear” instead of KJV “sword”:

 

. . . solves a knotty literary problem of interpretation, namely, what metaphorical sword Luke had in mind (Bock, for example, lists ten possibilities that have been forwarded). From the JST, it would appear that specific reference is being made to the crucifixion, which eliminates some (but not all) possibilities. The most likely interpretation of the JST is that Mary suffers seeing Jesus die. (Daniel McKinlay “The Gospel According to St. Luke,” in Footnotes to the New Testament for Latter-day Saints, ed. Kevin L. Barney, 2 vols. [2007], 1:269-70 n. m)