John 19:24 @h` le,gousa# {C}

It is difficult to decide whether h` le,gousa is an explanatory clause added to the text in most witnesses in order to let the reader know that what follows is a citation from Scripture (no similar addition, however, is found in similar cases at John 13:18 and John 19:36), or whether the clause was inadvertently omitted by two early Greek witnesses (a B) and a variety of versions. Taking into account both of these possibilities, the Committee decided to include the clause but to enclose it within square brackets.

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Old Testament