John 18:13-27

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 position, leaves the reader wondering what happened at the trial before Caiaphas), several witnesses seek to ease the sense by rearranging the order. Thus 225 (copied A.D. 1192) interpolates ver. John 18:24 into the middle of ver. John 18:13 (after prw/ton), and 1195 (copied A.D. 1123) — joined by the marginal reading of the Harclean Syriac, by codex A of the Palestinian Syriac Lectionary, and by Cyril of Alexandria — interpolates ver. John 18:24 after ver. John 18:13. In spite of the interpolation, however, these witnesses have ver. John 18:24 also in its proper position. A more elaborate rearrangement of the text is given by the Sinaitic Syriac (probably following Tatian’s Diatessaron), namely verses John 18:13, John 18:24, John 18:14-15, John 18:19-23, John 18:16-18, John 18:25-27. (Luther, quite independently, proposed a similar order.)