JAMES 2:3 evkei/ h' ka,qou {B} The reading which, in the opinion of a majority of the Committee, best explains the origin of the others is that supported by A C* Y 33 81 614 630 2495 vg syrh _al_: Su. sth/qi evkei/ h' ka,qou (“‘Stand there’ or ‘Sit [by my footstool]’”). Obviously secondary (though... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 2:19 ei-j evstin o` qeo,j {B} Among the several readings the chief difference turns on the presence or absence of the article: B 614 630 1875 2412 2495 _al_ read ei-j qeo,j evstin (“There is one God”; compare ei-j evstin qeo,j 945 1241 1739 _al,_ and the singular reading of Y), whereas the ot... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 2:20 avrgh, {B} Instead of avrgh, the Textus Receptus reads nekra,, with a A C2 K P Y 614 1241 _Byz Lect_ syrp, h copbo _al_. Since there is considerable suspicion that scribes may have introduced the latter word from either ver. James 2:17 or James 2:26, the Committee preferred avrgh,, which... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 2:25 avgge,louj {A} So that readers would not mistakenly understand avgge,louj as “angels,” various witnesses (C L 945 1241 1739 _al_) replaced it with katasko,pouj (“spies,” also found in Hebrews 11:31) or added tou/ VIsrah,l (61 syrh mg).... [ Continue Reading ]