GALATIANS 1:3 patro.j h`mw/n kai. kuri,ou {B} Although the sequence patro.j kai. kuri,ou h`mw/n has rather strong external support (î46, 51vid B D G H K 88 614 1739 _Byz_ itd, g vg syrp, h, pal copsa, bomss goth arm _al_), a majority of the Committee preferred the sequence patro.j h`mw/n kai. kuri,... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 1:6 @Cristou/# {C} The Committee found it difficult to decide whether transcriptional probabilities or external evidence should be allowed the greater weight in choosing among the five variant readings. On the one hand, the absence of any genitive qualifying evn ca,riti î46vid G Hvid itg,... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 1:8 euvaggeli,zhtai @u`mi/n# {C} Since u`mi/n is absent from several important witnesses (a* Ggr* Y itg Tertullian Cyprian Eusebius Ambrosiaster Marius Victorinus Lucifer Cyril), and since it occurs before the verb in some witnesses and after it in others, a strong case can be made for th... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 1:11 ga,r {C} The weight of manuscript evidence supporting ga,r or supporting de, is almost evenly balanced. As concerns transcriptional probability, however, the Committee preferred ga,r, and considered that de, may have arisen from assimilation to 1 Corinthians 15:1 or 2 Corinthians 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 1:15 euvdo,khsen @o` qeo,j# {C} On the basis of preponderance of external testimony a majority of the Committee preferred the reading with o` qeo,j, yet, in view of the importance of the witnesses that lack the words, it was thought advisable to enclose them within square brackets. [The... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 1:18 Khfa/n The Textus Receptus, following ac D F G K L P and most minuscules, substitutes the more familiar Greek name Pe,tron. The Aramaic name Khfa/n is supported by î46, 51 a* A B 33 424c 467 823 920 1739 1912 syrp, hmg, pal copsa, bo eth. (See also the comments on 2.9, 11, and 14.)... [ Continue Reading ]