HEBREWS 9:1 @kai,# {C} The evidence, evenly balanced for and against the presence of kai, (it is read by a A D _al_; it is lacking in î46vid B 1739 _al_), is represented by the Committee in retaining the word but enclosing it within square brackets.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 9:2 a;rtwn After a;rtwn several witnesses (B copfay ethro) add kai. to. crusou/n qumiath,rion, and in ver. Hebrews 9:4, instead of crousou/n e;cousa qumiath,rion kai,, the same witnesses read only e;cousa. The transposition was obviously made in order to remove the difficulty concerning th... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 9:10 baptismoi/j( dikaiw,mata {A} The reading that best explains the origin of the other readings is baptismoi/j( dikaiw,mata, which is supported by early and good witnesses (including î46 a* A I P 33 81 1739 syrp copsa, bo, fay vid Origen). It is more probable that, in view of the precedin... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 9:11 genome,nwn {B} Although both readings are well supported, on the whole genome,nwn appears to have superior attestation on the score of age and diversity of text type ((î46) B D* 1739 itd syrp, h, pal Origen _al_). The presence of the expression tw/n mello,ntwn avgaqw/n in Hebrews 10:1... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 9:14 aivwni,ou {A} It was no doubt to be expected that, confronted with the rather unexpected phrase pneu,matoj aivwni,ou, copyists would replace the adjective with a`gi,ou, but there was no reason for their replacing a`gi,ou with aivwni,ou.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 9:17 mh,pote {A} Instead of mh,pote, three Greek manuscripts (a* D* 075* vid) read mh. to,te, which then requires the reader to understand the sentence as a question (“… since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive, is it?”). In all three manuscripts, a later hand has c... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS 9:19 mo,scwn @kai. tw/n tra,gwn# {C} Although the text without kai. tw/n tra,gwn is supported by an impressive combination of witnesses (î46 ac K L Y 181 1241 1739 syrp, h, pal Origen), a majority of the Committee thought it probable that the words had been omitted either accidentally (thro... [ Continue Reading ]