John 12:9

John 12:9 :Egnw ou=n @o`# o;cloj polu.j evk tw/n VIoudai,wn {C}

It is natural to regard o;cloj polu,j (î^{66*, 75} A B³ K X D Q P Y ¦¹ 33 Byz) and o` o;cloj o` polu,j (î^66c W 0250 1010) as scribal ameliorations of the difficult reading e;gnw ou=n o` o;cloj polu,j (a B* L 28 892 al). But the expression o` o;cloj polu,j serving as the subject of a verb is such unusual Greek (with polu,j in the predicate position) that serious doubts arise whether the evangelist could have written it thus. A majority of the Committee therefore thought it appropriate to enclose o` within square brackets.