JOHN 18:1 tou/ Kedrw,n There are three principal readings: > (_a_) tw/n ke,drwn (“of the cedars”) ac B C L N X Y G D Q Y ¦1 > ¦13 _al,_ > (_b_) tou/ ke,drou (“of the cedar”) a* D W ita, b, r1 copsa > bomss, ach, > (_c_) tou/ Kedrw,n (“of Kidron”) A S D 123 itc, e, q vg syrs, p, > pal goth. Despi... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 18:5 VEgw, eivmi) {C} In considering the variant readings of this verse it must be recalled that normally scribes contracted the name VIhsou/j to i=c=. On the one hand, it is possible that, if o` VIhsou/j stood originally after auvtoi/j, the words may have been accidentally omitted through an... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 18:13-27 _order of verses_ {A} Because the usual sequence of these verses involves difficulties (in ver. John 18:13 Jesus is brought before Annas first and what follows is apparently before him, whereas the Synoptists say nothing of the part played by Annas; ver. John 18:24, in its present pos... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 18:27 See the comment on ver. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 18:30 kako.n poiw/n {B} In the opinion of a majority of the Committee, the periphrastic construction h=n … kako.n poiw/n (ac B L W ite syrh, pal _al_; kakopoiw/n C* Y 33 _al_) was modified by copyists who introduced, perhaps from 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 4:15, the substantive kakopoio,j (A C3 Dsu... [ Continue Reading ]